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Vol.  81  No.  1  Toronto,  Canada 


March,  1975 


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"A  PASSION  FOR  SOULS" 

This  is  the  title  of  an  article  we  carried  in  the  Recorder  last  year.  So  many  requests  came 
for  additional  copies  that  we  had  it  reprinted.  That  too  was  exhausted  and  a  second  reprint 
has  been  prepared. 

These  are  still  available. 

With  requests  for  copies,  we  have  been  amazed  and  humbled  at  the  way  God  has 
spoken  and  people  have  responded.  Letters  of  testimony,  of  heart  searching,  of  commit- 
ment have  flowed  in  to  our  office. 

Among  the  letters  was  the  following  that  came  from  Hamilton,  Ont.  It  said  so  much  that 
we  share  it  with  our  readers.  May  God  give  us  all  a  deep  and  abiding  Passion  for  Souls! 


I  was  happy  to  read  in  the  Evangelical 
Recorder  the  article  on  "A  Passion  for 
Souls"  by  R.  Bingham,  and  that  there  are 
extra  copies  being  made  available.  I  was 
so  impressed  by  it  that  I  passed  my  copy 
around  to  a  number  of  my  friends,  and  I 
would  so  much  appreciate  receiving  an 
extra  copy  or  two.  All  I  can  think  of  is  how 
far  away  the  Christian  church  has  drifted 
from  the  task  the  Lord  has  given  us  to  do. 
We  seem  to  have  been  absorbed  in  many 
things  other  than  what  we  are  really  here 
for.  We  have  left  it  up  to  our  Pastors  and 
yet  it  is  and  should  be  our  main  concern. 

"The  unsaved  are  not  coming  to  church! 
Christians  are  not  coming  either  for  that 
matter,  and  how  are  we  ever  going  to 
reach  the  lost  for  Christ  if  we  just  keep  on 
the  way  we  are  going?  A  number  of  ladies 
from  our  church  were  recently  in  Toronto 
for  an  Associated  Gospel  Church  Rally, 
and  the  theme  was  reaching  the  lost  for 
Christ.  A  group  at  our  church  has  been  ac- 
tively involved  in  going  out  with  the  gospel 
message,  and  as  our  Pastor  was  a 
speaker  at  this  rally,  he  asked  several  of 
us  to  give  a  word  of  personal  testimony.  I 
made  some  little  notes  although  I  didn't 
read  it  off,  and  as  the  Holy  Spirit  was  doing 
the  work  through  me,  I  left  some  out,  and 
put  some  in,  but  basically  this  is  what  I 
said: 

"  'Go  ye  into  all  the  world  and  preach  the 
gospel  to  every  creature.'  At  one  time  that 
verse  didn't  mean  much  to  me.  I  suppose  if 
I  thought  about  it  I  would  have  thought  it 
was  intended  for  the  minister,  or  a  Bible 
School  student,  or  someone  who  knew  his 
Bible  from  cover  to  cover.  I  certainly  didn't 
think  it  applied  to  me!  Oh  yes,  I  went  to 
church  twice  on  Sunday  and  to  the  weekly 
prayer  meeting,  but  I  can't  remember  feel- 
ing too  much  concern  for  lost  souls.  In  fact 
I  didn't  really  give  it  very  much  thought. 

"One  Sunday  evening  our  Pastor  gave 
an  invitation  for  people  to  dedicate  their 
lives  to  Christ.  I  stood  up  along  with  a  num- 
ber of  other  people,  and  as  a  result  of  this 
commitment  we  were  instructed  by  our 
Pastor  on  personal  evangelism.  A  group  of 
us  then  started  out  knocking  on  doors  and 
presenting  Jesus  Christ  to  other  people. 
One  home  in  particular  I  shall  never  forget. 
We  had  made  an  evening  call  and  were 


able  to  speak  to  both  husband  and  wife 
together.  We  had  the  opportunity  to 
present  the  gospel  message,  but  there 
was  no  response  on  their  part.  In  fact  the 
husband  became  hostile  and  we  just  got 
up  and  left.  When  we  got  outside  we 
realized  all  we  had  been  given  were  ex- 
cuses and  it  made  us  shudder  to  see  their 
lack  of  concern. 

"About  eight  weeks  later  we  again  went 
to  visit  the  same  couple,  only  this  time  we 
went  to  the  funeral  home.  On  the  way 
home  from  work  the  man  had  been  killed 
outright  in  a  car  accident.  The  wife  was 
grief  stricken,  and  we  really  didn't  know 
what  to  say  except  we  were  sorry.  It  all 
seemed  so  dark  and  hopeless.  As  I  stood 
at  the  casket  I  was  thankful  we  at  least  had 
given  him  the  opportunity  to  accept  Christ. 
Now  he  was  in  eternity.  Where  was  he 
spending  it?  It  was  very  sobering  and  it 
gave  us  an  even  greater  urgency  to  warn 
other  people. 

"What  has  all  this  done  to  me  per- 
sonally? Well  first  of  all  I  am  doing  some- 
thing I  never  thought  I  could  do,  but  I  am 
doing  it  and  I  find  I  am  involved  in  a  new 
and  exciting  and  also  challenging  experi- 
ence. There  has  been  joy  that  no  words 
can  describe.  I  have  a  love  for  other  peo- 
ple which  is  over  and  above  anything  I 
have  in  myself,  and  it  has  given  me  a  bur- 
den for  a  lost  and  dying  world.  I  realize  I 
am  only  an  instrument  in  the  Lord's  hand, 
but  what  has  been  accomplished  has  been 
through  the  power  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  I  am 
doing  something  that  to  me  was  impos- 
sible, but  whenever  I  have  said  "I  can't'  a 
verse  on  my  kitchen  wall  says,  I  can  do  all 
things  through  Christ  which  strengtheneth 
me.' 

"I  used  to  resent  having  people  come  to 
my  door,  but  I  had  to  admire  them  because 
they  were  at  least  doing  something,  even 
though  their  teachings  were  false, 
whereas  here  was  I  with  the  true  message, 
not  doing  anything!  I  now  look  at  people 
walking  along  the  street,  and  I  don't  see 
them  as  people  any  more,  but  as  lost 
souls,  without  God  and  without  hope.  I  find 
myself  wanting  to  tell  them  God  loves 
them,  and  there  is  hope  in  Jesus  Christ. 
There  are  some  ladies  in  our  church  who 
pray  for  us  faithfully,  and  without  this  our 


work  would  be  useless.  We  love  them  and 
appreciate  their  prayer  support.  Our  Pas- 
tor has  been  right  in  it  with  us,  to  help  and 
encourage  us  along.  He  never  asked  us  to 
do  anything  he  himself  wouldn't  do,  and  he 
would  sometimes  go  along  with  one  of  the 
men  to  even  up  the  groups.  I  shall  be  for- 
ever grateful  to  him  for  getting  us  started.  I 
feel  a  whole  new  dimension  has  been 
added  to  my  life.  I  know  in  myself  I  am 
nothing.  Jesus  Christ  is  everything.  In 
being  willing  to  GO  the  Lord  has  blessed 
us  in  a  wonderful  way.  From  being  an 
average  housewife,  sitting  in  a  comfortable 
pew,  I  have  at  last  COME  ALIVE.  PRAISE 
THE  LORD."  (A.G.) 


TIME  MAGAZINE  COVER 

STORY  ON  BIBLE 

CONCLUDES: 

GOD  INTERVENED  IN  HISTORY 

NEW  YORK  (EP)— Few  facets  of  bibli- 
cal truth  have  escaped  the  scrutiny  of 
scholarly  test,  but  honest  doubt  has  made 
the  Scriptures  more  acceptable  since  the 
rationalists  opened  their  attack,  says  the 
December  30  issue  of  Time  magazine, 
"How  True  Is  The  Bible?" 

The  editors  added  that  numerous  ar- 
chaeological digs  have  confirmed  the  his- 
torical accuracy  of  the  Bible. 

However,  the  editors  declared,  literalists 
do  not  share  the  view  that  doubt 
strengthens  faith,  believing  instead  that 
the  challenge  to  inspiration  has  sown 
doubts,  that  faith  is  in  jeopardy,  and  that 
credibility  has  suffered. 

The  seven-page  article  looks  at  the 
broad  sweep  of  biblical  criticism,  empha- 
sizing two  main  assumptions:  the  fun- 
damental view  and  the  liberal  view.  To  the 
former,  the  Bible  is  absolutely  inerrant;  to 
the  latter,  it  is  a  book  whose  occasionally 
fallible  text  makes  it,  paradoxically,  seem 
more  authentic. 

"The  miraculous  can  be  demythologi- 
zed, "  conclude  the  editors,  "the  marvel 
explained,  but  the  persistent  message  of 
the  Bible  will  not  go  away.  Both  in  the  Jew- 
ish and  Christian  Bibles  it  is  irreducible: 
some  time,  somewhere,  God  intervened 
in  history  to  help  man.  Whether  it  was  at 
the  time  of  the  Exodus,  the  giving  of  the 
Law,  the  Incarnation  or  the  Resurrection, 
or  any  of  those  many  smaller  interventions 
that  are  still  so  cherished,  ordinary 
human  history  was  interrupted  and  has 
never  been  the  same  since." 

Ed.  Note:  We  could  present  good  argu- 
ments against  several  comments  in  the 
TIME  article.  But  two  things  cannot  be 
gainsaid:  "God  intervened  in  history  to 
help  man,"  and  "human  history  was  inter- 
rupted and  has  never  been  the  same 
since  "  THE  BIBLE,  GOD'S  WORD,  IS 
TRUE! 


by  Dr.  John  Cunningham* 


T, 


he  late  Dr.  Eric  Sauer,  onetime  director 
of  the  Bible  School  of  Wiedenest.  Ger- 
many, once  wrote:  "Unbelief  must  believe 
things  more  unbelievable  than  faith  ac- 
cepts." 

The  following  statement  by  Professor  L. 
T.  Moore,  paleontologist,  is  very  interest- 
ing in  the  light  of  Dr.  Sauer's  observation. 
Professor  Moore  says:  "The  more  one 
studies  paleontology  the  more  certain  one 
becomes  that  evolution  is  based  on  'faith 
alone' — the  only  alternative  is  the  doctrine 
of  special  creation,  which  may  be  true,  but 
is  irrational.  Our  faith  in  the  idea  of  evolu- 
tion depends  upon  our  reluctance  to  ac- 
cept the  antagonistic  doctrine  of  special 
creation." 

Diametrically  opposed  to  the  Biblical 
teaching  of  special  creation,  evolution,  in 
the  broad  sense,  teaches  gradual  change, 
increasing  organization  and  complexity  in 
the  universe,  and  is,  in  a  sense,  a  doctrine 
of  continuous  creation,  contradicting  Gen. 
2:1  and  Exod.  20:11.  In  a  more  narrow 
sense,  organic  evolution  is  the  doctrine 
that  all  organisms,  including  man,  were 
derived  from  common  ancestral  forms  of 
lite,  through  random  processes  of  variation 
and  selection,  forms  which  in  turn  were 
derived  by  spontaneous  generation, 
through  chance,  from  non-living  sub- 
stance. Inherent  in  the  theory  is  the  idea 
that  matter  has  within  itself  the  ability  to  or- 
ganize itself  if  given  sufficient  time. 

While  the  entire  subject  of  evolution  and 
the  Bible  is  much  too  vast  for  this  brief  ar- 
ticle, please  consider  only  three  of  the 
problems  facing  one  who  puts  his  "faith"  in 
evolution. 

The  Problem  of  a  Spontaneous 
Creation 

The  evolutionist  believes  in  chance — he 
believes  that  without  the  benefit  of  in- 
telligence or  unnatural  force,  life  both  ap- 
peared and  developed  in  a  random  and 
spontaneous  manner. 

But  ponder  for  a  moment  the  absurdity 
of  an  accidental  assembling  of  all  the 
ingredients  necessary  to  the  creation  of 
life — under  exactly  the  right  conditions  and 


influenced  by  just  the  right  amount  of 
energy. 

Even  the  basic  unit  of  life,  the  cell,  is 
composed  of  many  highly  organized  sys- 
tems, made  up  of  microscopic  and  sub- 
microscopic  particles.  These  particles  are 
in  turn  composed  of  complex  molecular 
structures,  which  themselves  are  the  result 
of  combinations  of  chemicals. 

Let's  consider  the  possibility  of  creating 
a  single,  simple  protein  molecule,  and 
let's  imagine  that  it  will  happen  by  chance. 
Molecules  are  so  small  that  more  than  tens 
of  billions  of  them  would  fit  on  the  head  of  a 
pin.  This  particular  protein  structure  is 
composed  of  12  kinds  of  amino  acids  total- 
ing 340  units,  arranged  in  a  definite 
sequence.  For  such  a  molecule  to  form, 
would  require  the  possibility  of  lOaoo 
(that's  one,  followed  by  300  zeroes)  dif- 
ferent combinations  of  these  particular 
ingredients.  If  we  had  only  one  of  each 
possible  combination,  the  total  weight 
would  be  more  than  a  trillion  trillion  times 
the  weight  of  the  earth!  There  is  not 
enough  substance  in  the  whole  imagined 
universe  to  make  that  many  molecules! 

Add  to  the  above  problem  the  further 
complication,  that  to  produce  a  living  cell 
requires  many  molecules  of  the  same  kind, 
plus  thousands  of  other  kinds  of  protein 
molecules  even  more  complex,  plus 
thousands  of  other  complex  organic  mole- 
cules, such  as  fats,  carbohydrates,  and 
necleotides,  and  you  have  odds  against 
successful  organization  of  the  necessary 
components  that  are  impossible. 

The  Problem  of  Reproduction 

Forgetting  for  a  moment  the  impossi- 
bility of  spontaneous  creation  of  life,  and 
assuming  that  it  could  happen,  we  are 
faced  with  an  additional  requirement  that 
the  new  life  have  the  capability  of  repro- 
ducing itself. 

The  most  complex  and  essential  system 
within  a  single  cell  (not  to  mention  the  mul- 
ticellular organisms)  is  the  mechanism  by 
which  each  of  the  other  systems,  including 
the  whole  cell,  can  be  reproduced.  The 
reproductive  mechanisms  must  be  present 
from  the  very  beginning — they  can't  wait  to 
evolve  after  everything  else  has  evolved! 


Life  continues,  only  because  life  can  repro- 
duce before  death  occurs.  And,  in  more 
complex  creatures,  male  and  female  must 
evolve  simultaneously  in  time  and  location 
and  remain  fertile  long  enough  to  repro- 
duce. 

Here,  credulity  is  further  strained,  and 
here  again  "unbelief  must  believe  things 
more  unbelievable  than  faith  accepts. " 

The  Problem  of  Development  and 
Change 

But  again,  let's  suppose  that  life  does 
happen,  and  it  is  immediately  capable  Df 
reproducing  itself — then  what? 

Well,  the  need  would  then  be  present  for 
all  original  life  forms  to  change  and  to 
produce  all  the  new  and  different  life  forms 
evident  in  our  environment. 

Evolutionists  have  concluded  that  the 
only  conceivable  mechanism  whereby  or- 
ganisms could  change  into  a  different  kind 
is  by  mutation,  that  is,  random  change  in 
the  chemistry  of  the  system  which  pro- 
grams heredity  in  reproduction.  But,  there 
are  problems  equally  serious  here.  In 
order  for  a  mutation  to  be  passed  on,  the 
owner  has  to  survive  long  enough  to  repro- 
duce. Invariably,  mutations  of  significant 
magnitude  are  immediately  lethal,  or  result 
in  sterility.  Observation  shows  that  at  least 
99.9%  of  mutations  are  definitely  disad- 
vantageous to  survival,  and  the  few  surviv- 
ing mutants  have  never  been  observed  to 
be  benefited.  The  environment  is  hostile  to 
the  disadvantaged  and  cannot  cause 
benefit. 

Prohibiting  such  change  and  develop- 
ment is  the  second  law  of  thermody- 
namics, called  the  law  of  increasing 
entropy.  This  law  affirms  that  all  natural 
processes  have  a  natural,  irreversible  ten- 
dency toward  disorder  and  that  complex 
things  degenerate  into  simple  things.  In 
other  words,  the  universe  is  running  down. 

This  fits  the  Biblical  teaching  of  a  perfect 
creation,  marred  by  sin,  "groaning  and 
travailing",  degenerating  to  destruction. 
Evolution  ignores  the  Scripture  and  the 
clearly  observable  and  historically  demon- 
strable law  of  entropy  and  argues  for  a 
reversal,  with  original  chaos  organizing  it- 
self by  chance,  producing  order  and  pro- 


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gression.  And  this  too,  takes  a  lot  of 
"faith"! 

Time,  therefore,  while  the  evolutionist's 
best  proof  for  lack  of  proof  (because  evolu- 
tion has  not  been  observed  to  occur,  it 
must  have  happened  too  slowly  to  be  ob- 
servable—and that  demands  billions  of 
years),  is  also  his  greatest  enemy.  For 
time  gives  opportunity  for  the  law  of  en- 
tropy to  wreak  its  destruction. 

The  evolutionist  laughs  at  the  docthne  of 
special  creation  as  "irrational"  but  his 
laughter  is  hollow  and  empty.  It  mocks 
him.  Nothing  is  so  irrational  as  to  believe  in 
an  idea  which  not  only  is  not  probable,  ob- 
servable, or  demonstrable,  but  which  con- 
tradicts the  very  laws  of  nature  upon  which 
its  existence  depends.  As  Professor 
Moore  admitted: ".  .  .  evolution  is  based  on 
faith  alone  .  .  .";  it  clearly  has  no  other 
basis! 

Ed.  Note:  In  corresponding  with  Dr.  Cun- 
ningham, he  added  this  enlightening 
note — 
"I  am  keenly  interested  in  conservative 
creation-science.  True  science,  as  dis- 
tinguished from  the  pseudo-science  of 
evolution  doctrine,  shows  that  the  Bible 
is  God's  Word  and  should  be  taken  at 
face  value  with  all  the  confidence  that 
He  intended.  To  go  through  the  theologi- 
cal gymnastics  that  too  many  evangeli- 
cals do  to  try  to  fit  one  or  more  facets  of 
evolution  doctrine  into  Scripture  is  to  not 
believe  Moses.  And  to  have  such  a 
loose  attitude  toward  the  beginning  of 
the  Bible  is  to  set  precedence  for  twist- 
ing Scripture  throughout  the  Bible  to  ac- 
commodate other  doctrines  of  man — as 
warned  by  Christ  in  John  5:46-47  "For 
had  ye  believed  Moses,  ye  would  have 
believed  Me:  for  he  wrote  of  Me.  But  if  ye 
believe  not  his  writings,  how  shall  ye 
believe  My  words?"  Contrary  to  popular 
Chnstian  attitudes,  the  creation/evolu- 
tion issue  IS  relevant  to  the  Gospel  of 
Christ,  and  is  an  important  fundamental 
in  the  doctrine  of  verbal  inspiration  of 
Scripture.  I  fear  that  Satan  has  blinded 
most  Christians  into  not  recognizing  the 
importance  of  the  issue. " 

'Associate  Professor  of  Biology  and  Natural  Science. 
Chairman  of  Arts  and  Sciences  Division.  Northwes- 
tern College. 


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Vol.  81.  Number  1,  March,  1975,  Published  Quarterly 
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/harles  Dawson  died  in  1916,  four  years 
after  his  earth  shaking  discovery  of  the 
remains  (and  pitifully  small  remains  at  that) 
of  the  Piltdown  Man. 

This  amateur  archaeologist  found  a 
small  piece  of  human  skull  bone  in  a  gravel 
pit  on  Piltdown  Common  near  the  English 
Channel.  Three  years  later  he  discovered 
another  minuscule  piece  of  skull.  With  the 
aid  of  the  British  Museum,  more  skull 
pieces  and  a  fragment  of  lower  jaw  were 
found,  the  latter  by  Dawson  but  suspect  by 
authorities. 

From  these  fragments  was  contrived  the 
"Dawn  Man  of  Dawson, "  later  The  Pilt- 
down Man.  But  other  physical  anthropol- 
ogists were  not  satisfied,  and  another 
"man"  was  contrived. 

In  spite  of  much  controversy  (among 
them  the  fact  that  "he"  was  a  "she"),  the 
Piltdown  skull  was  assigned  500,000 
years  of  age. 

But  even  all  evolutionists  are  not  gull- 
ible, and  by  1951  it  was  proved  that  skull 
and  jaw  not  only  did  not  belong  together, 
but  the  skull  fragments  were  only  about 
50,000  years  old. 

More  experiments  revealed  the  truth — 
Dawson  had  perpetrated  a  hoax,  to  the 
embarrassment  of  some  of  the  most  quali- 
fied experts  on  human  fossils. 

In  1973,  reports  showed  that  several 
other  discoveries  by  Dawson  are  forgeries. 
Some  "Roman  inscribed  bricks"  are  late 
1 9th  century,  not  early  5th  century. 

Dawson's  flair  for  finding  unusual  relics 
earned  him  the  nickname  "wizard  of  Sus- 
sex."  Now  Dr.  David  Peacock,  a  South- 
ampton scientist  says,  "In  my  opinion  the 
time  is  now  ripe  for  a  full  investigation  of 
Dawsons  numerous  and  often  bizarre  dis- 
coveries." 

If  they  do  investigate,  there  will  doubt- 
less be  many  gaps  in  museums  through- 
out Great  Britain.  And  more  gaps  in  the 
evolutionary  hypothesis. 

The  Bible  doesn't  need  fabrication,  sub- 
terfuge or  skullduggery  to  present  the 
truth:  "God  created  man  in  His  own 
image  " 

When  Col.  James  Irwin  was  on  the 
moon  and  looked  at  that  drab,  lifeless 
moonscape,  he  looked  back  at  planet 
earth.  And  in  his  book  "To  Rule  the  Night " 
Irwin  writes:  "Ours  is  the  most  beautiful 
and  colorful  planet  in  space. " 

God  created.  "And  He  saw  that  it  was 
good." 

Believe  the  Bible.  Believe  God.  Have 
faith. 


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GLADLY  WILL  I  COME 

This  poem  was  found  on  Dr.  Wm.  Cul- 
bertson's  desk  after  his  death.  (Dr.  Cul- 
bertson  is  the  late  president  of  Moody 
Bible  Institute.) 

"Lord,  when  Thou  seest 

that  my  work  is  done. 
Let  me  not  linger  on  with 

failing  powers, 
Adown  the  weary  hours: 
A  workless  worker  in  a 

world  of  work; 
But  with  a  word,  just 

bid  me  home. 
And  I  will  come  right 

gladly. 
Yes,  right  gladly  will 

I  come. " 


AMERICAN  SATAN 
WORSHIPER  CONVERTED  IN 
GHANA 

ACCRA,  Ghana  (EP)— A  young  Ameri- 
can who  went  to  Ghana  last  summer  to 
study  Satan  worship  was  led  to  Christ  in- 
stead. 

A  group  of  Christian  Ghanaian  young 
people,  most  of  whom  work  at  the  Sudan 
Interior  Mission  Center  here,  were  con- 
ducting evangelistic  meetings  50  miles 
north  of  the  city  when  they  heard  that  sev- 
eral young  Americans  were  attending  a  fe- 
tish ceremony  nearby.  They  looked  them 
up  and  found  them  undergoing  instructions 
in  modes  of  prostration  for  Satan  worship. 

Their  witness  was  well  received,  and  the 
one  American  surrendered  to  Jesus 
Christ. 


Atwmer 


"Rather  than  attempt 

to  'prove'  the  Bible 

I  prefer  to  say,  'Now 

here  is  the  extent 

of  our  science'" 


by  John  N.  Moore* 

I  was  an  evolutionist  and  taught  evolution 
before  I  became  a  Christian.  Most  instruc- 
tors in  the  scientific  field  are  exclusive 
evolutionists,  as  that  is  the  only  point  of 
view  they  have  been  taught  regarding  ori- 
gins. Ever  since  Darwin's  Origin  of  Spe- 
cies appeared  in  1859,  the  philosophy  of 
evolutionism  has  pervaded  all  the  dis- 
ciplines of  human  knowledge,  so  that  even 
an  English  major  is  trained  to  think  that 
way. 

In  my  present  teaching  I  make  it  clear 
that  my  students  will  experience  a  forma- 
tive confrontation  between  the  evolu- 
tionary explanation  of  the  majority  and  the 
"creation"  explanation  of  the  minority.  Stu- 
dents are  encouraged  to  realize  that  today, 
in  the  20th  century,  they  still  have  a  real. 
live  option  with  regard  to  origins. 

Mutation  or  Creation? 

The  scientist  does  not  have  it  all  "sewed 
up"  when  he  proposes  that  the  universe 
began  by  an  explosion.  He  has  no  knowl- 
edge of  such  an  event  as  a  scientist. 
When  he  claims  that  life  began  by  some 
transcombination  of  molecules  he  only 
expresses  his  imagination.  When  he  says 
that  human-kind  is  a  consequence  of  mu- 
tational mistakes — errors  of  reproduction 
or  the  failures  of  DNA  replication  that 
formed  the  blacks  and  yellows,  and  so 
on — this  is  sheer  imagination,  and  he 
pushes  his  position  at  the  expense  of  aca- 
demic freedom  and  good,  solid  scientific 
work. 

I  simply  wish  to  give  the  truth  a  hearing. 
To  have  truth  heard  and  recognized,  an 
all-too-common  misuse  of  scientific  meth- 
odology must  be  shown.  Rather  than  at- 
tempt to  "prove"  the  Bible  I  prefer  to  say, 
"Now  here  is  the  extent  of  our  science." 

A  Sense  of  Wonder 

My  desire  is  to  ignite  the  students  sense 
of  wonder  and  to  enlarge  their  capacity  for 
understanding.  I  want  them  to  see  that  the 
evolutionary  viewpoint  that  is  called  "sci- 
entific," with  all  its  attendant  generalization 
and  speculation,  is  not  a  scientific  but  actu- 
ally a  religious  position. 


The  evolutionist  and  the  creationist  use 
the  same  data,  but  they  use  it  to  support 
different  faiths  about  origins.  The  evolu- 
tionist accepts  the  data,  ignores  the  gaps, 
and  claims  scientific  conclusions  about 
clearly  circumstantial  similarities  of  living 
things.  The  creationist  takes  the  same 
data,  examines  the  gaps  and  conclusively 
establishes  discrete  separateness  of  living 
things.  My  students  learn  the  difference 
between  conclusions  based  on  circum- 
stances and  those  based  on  conclusive 
findings. 

Science  Is  Limited 

I  demonstrate  in  academically  clear 
fashion  that  science  is  limited  to  concern 
about  that  which  can  be  observed  directly 
or  indirectly.  Therefore,  claims  about  the 
origin  of  the  universe,  of  life,  or  of  human- 
kind are  clearly  matters  of  faith.  Yet  faith  in 
the  Creator  as  the  cause  of  all  things  is 
most  scientifically  sound. 

A  senior  student  who  objected  to  my 
pattern  of  teaching  said  to  me,  "I  believe  in 
evolution."  He  didn't  realize  that  he  dem- 
onstrated my  point.  Evolution  is  a  belief;  it 
is  not  a  scientific  conclusion.  This  is  not  a 
quarrel  between  science  and  Christian 
faith,  it  is  a  quarrel  between  science  and 
pseudoscience. 

At  Michigan  State  University  the  natural 
science  course  I  teach  ( "Science,  Beliefs 
and  Values")  emphasizes  discussion  of 
"The  Origin  of  the  Universe",  "The  Origin 
of  Life, '  and  "The  Origin  of  Man." 

In  the  fall  the  theme  is,  "What  are  mens 
ideas  about  the  place  of  the  earth  in  the 
solar  system  and  in  the  universe? "  This 
leads  to  the  question,  "Is  it  possible  scien- 
tifically to  study  the  origin  of  the  universe?  " 
And  the  answer  is  no. "  Of  course  men 
and  women  have  hit  on  various  ways  of 
explaining  how  the  universe  came  into  ex- 
istence: and  my  students  examine  care- 
fully the  two  principal  explanations  of 
"evolution "  and  "creation"  regarding  the 
origin  of  the  universe. 

Classwork  in  the  winter  term  centers  on 
an  overview  of  the  origin  and  continuity  of 
life.  When  does  human  life  begin?  To  an- 
swer, we  give  attention  to  two  beliefs:  one 
in  spontaneous  generation,  which  is  the 


philosophy  of  naturalism:  and  the  other  in 
creation  as  life  coming  from  the  Creator. 

No  Fossil  Links 

The  third  term  is  the  capstone  of  the 
year.  We  talk  about  minerals  and  rocks, 
about  mountains,  we  enumerate  various 
groups  of  biological  data — the  bones,  em- 
bryos, blood  analyses.  The  Christian 
should  never  ignore  solid  scientific  data. 
However,  my  students  learn  that  none  of 
the  fossils  provide  anything  but  circum- 
stantial support  for  the  evolutionist  posi- 
tion: and  that  the  same  data  can  be  used 
to  support  predictions  from  the  Genesis 
account.  Students  learn  that  there  are  no 
fossil  links  between  man  and  Neanderthal, 
and  there  is  no  known  genetic  relationship. 


"Reputable  scientists 

in  each  decade  since 

Darwin's  book  was 

published  have  been 

critical  of  evolution. 

Why  didn't  my  teachers 

inform  me  of  that 

when  I  was  an 
undergraduate?" 


God  Clianged  My  Heart 

Now,  I  couldnt  have  formulated  this 
course  unless  the  Lord  had  changed  my 
heart.  After  graduation  from  Denison  Uni- 
versity and  marriage  in  1941,  I  continued 
my  graduate  education  in  botany  at  Mi- 
chigan State  University  and  gained  a  ma- 
ster of  science  degree.  I  served  a  short 
stint  in  the  U.S.  Navy  as  a  replacement  of- 
ficer, then  returned  to  teach  at  MSU  and 
finish  my  graduate  work.  I  received  a  doc- 
tor of  education  degree. 

My  parents  were  believers,  and  my  wife, 
Wilma,  was  a  born-again  Christian,  but  I 
was  not.  In  Downers  Grove,  Illinois,  where 
I  grew  up,  I  had  joined  a  church  without 
knowing  Jesus  Christ  as  my  Savior.  I  was 
essentially  a  conservative,  rather  apathetic 


ONTARIO  BIBLE  COLLEGE/MARCH  1975 


"Students  are 
encouraged  to  realize 
that  today,  in  the 
20th  century,  they 
still  have  a  real, 
live  option  with 
regard  to  origins" 


person  until  one  spring  day  in  1952.  A 
Christian  member  of  the  engineering  fac- 
ulty at  Michigan  State  asked  me  if  I  had 
considered  the  way  I  taught  evolution  and 
the  impact  it  was  having  on  my  students.  I 
said  I  hadn't,  but  promised  to  think  about  it. 
In  1954-55  I  began  to  read  Darwin  and 
other  evolutionists  more  critically  and  to 
ask  myself,  "What  are  the  facts?" 

During  the  late  '50s  and  early  '60s  I 
began  to  move  out  of  my  apathy  in  other 
ways.  For  one  thing  I  became  involved  in 
politics  to  a  minor  degree.  IVIore  impor- 
tantly, someone  gave  me  a  booklet  about 
Jesus  Christ  that  explained  the  way  of  sal- 
vation. When  I  read  it  I  knew  that  I  needed 
him  as  my  Savior.  On  the  last  page  of  the 
booklet  was  a  place  to  sign  one's  name  if 
he  was  then  accepting  Christ.  I  did  so  in  a 
rather  legalistic  fashion:  On  May  23,  1963. 
I  invited  a  minister  to  our  house  and  signed 
the  page  in  his  presence  and  asked  him  to 
sign  too.  I  still  have  that  little  booklet. 

At  first  I  was  just  studying  and  seeking 
answers  to  practical  problems.  It  was  a 
"head  conversion"  initially,  but  what  a 
wonderful  "heart  conversion  "  has  been 
going  on  ever  since! 

God  Changed  My  Thinking 

Though  still  teaching  the  same  kind  of 
science  course  regarding  evolution,  I  was 
beginning  to  collect  a  bibliography  on  cre- 
ation and  to  distribute  it  among  my  col- 
leagues. I  joined  in  founding  the  Creation 
Research  Society.  Since  then  more  data 
has  been  collected  as  my  search  has  been 
supported  by  six  small  research  grants. 
Now  hundreds  of  references  have  been 
acquired  indicating  that  reputable  scien- 
tists in  each  decade  since  Darwin's  book 
was  published  have  been  critical  of  evolu- 
tion. Why  didn't  my  professors  inform  me 
of  that  when  I  was  an  undergraduate  in 
college? 

We  Have  A  Choice 

Some  members  of  the  scientific  commu- 
nity say  that  my  activities  reflect  undesira- 
bly on  the  scientific  profession,  which  is 
supposed  to  be  characterized  by  the  prac- 


tice of  constantly  re-examining  ideas  and 
concepts  advanced.  In  other  words,  my 
teaching  of  all  the  origin  concepts  is  con- 
sidered "detrimental "  by  some.  Because 
of  this,  I  went  to  a  specialist  in  geology, 
showed  him  a  paper  I  published  on  the 
subject  in  1972,  and  said,  "I  request  that 
you  show  me  in  what  way  my  position  is 
detrimental  to  me  and  to  science. "  He 
wrote  back,  "I  will  not  answer  you  on  the 
grounds  that  I  do  not  consider  your  work 
detrimental." 


"Faith  in  the 
Creator  as  the  cause 
of  all  things  is  most 
scientifically  sound" 


Most  of  my  students  come  to  realize  that 
they  have  a  choice.  As  made  over  animals 
we  cannot  grasp  the  need  to  come  back  to 
our  Creator.  When  we  begin  to  see  our- 
selves as  created,  then  we  want  to  know 
more.  We  would  like  to  have  some  an- 
swers about  ourselves.  I  teach  students 
that  if  they  want  to  know  about  origins  and 
"who  they  are. "  then  the  only  place  they 
can  find  unchanging  answers  is  in  the  Holy 
Bible. 

From  DECISION,  ©  1 974  by  the 
Billy  Graham  Evangelistic  Association 

'John  N.  Moore.  M.S..  Ed.D.,  is  a  professor  ot  rjatural 
science  at  Michigan  State  University  Born  in  Ohio,  he 
served  as  a  lieutenant  (jg)  in  the  U.S.  Navy  from  1944- 
1946  and  is  the  father  of  two  sons.  Dr.  Moore  is  an  au- 
thor, editor,  contributor  to  professional  journals,  and 
managing  editor  of  the  Creation  Research  Society 
Quarterly.  The  Moore  family  attends  the  Trinity  Church 
in  East  Lansing. 


Missionary  Conference  Display 


UNSOLICITED 
ENDORSEMENTS 


Support  for  Christianity  and  religion  in 
general  came  from  some  surprising  "fellow 
travellers"  recently.  The  first  endorsement 
appeared  in  the  Wall  Street  Journal  (Oct. 
17),  quoting  from  an  Encounter  article  by 
Leszek  Kolakowski,  a  prominent  Marxist 
now  teaching  at  Yale. 

There  are  reasons  why  we  need 
Christianity,  but  not  just  any  kind  of 
Christianity.  We  do  not  need  a  Chris- 
tianity that  makes  political  revolution,  that 
rushes  to  cooperate  with  so-called  sexual 
liberation,  that  approves  our  concupis- 
cence or  praises  our  violence.  There  are 
enough  forces  in  the  world  to  do  all  these 
things  without  the  aid  of  Christianity. "" 

The  second  appeared  in  a  Tiffany  &  Co. 
ad  devoted  not  to  jewelry,  but  to  the  ques- 
tion "Is  inflation  the  real  problem?  "  "No,  it 
is  not, "  according  to  the  legendary  luxury 
store.  "Inflation  is  simply  the  inevitable, 
final  result  of  our  follies,"  which  include 
"forsaking  our  religious  heritage,  not  only 
in  our  schools,  but  everywhere;  thus,  ac- 
centing crime,  immorality,  greed  and  sel- 
fishness." 

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ONTARIO  BIBLE  COLLEGE  IS  YOUR  BIBLE  COLLEGE 


A  Book  Review  About 

LORD  OF  TIME  AND  SPACE 

by  Lambert  Dolphin,  Jr. 
Good  News  Publishers 

Fully  convinced  that  "the  most  important 
realities  in  the  world  are  spiritual,"  Senior 
Space  Physicist  Lambert  Dolphin,  Jr. 
writes  of  scientific  matters  related  to  time 
and  space  from  a  Christian  scientist's 
viewpoint.  He  finds  that  "faith  in  God 
requires  a  wider  perspective  than  omitting 
the  implications  of  His  existence." 

1 .  The  Extent  of  the  Universe 

The  author  points  out  that  many  scien- 
tists think  our  huge  universe  began  with  a 
burst  of  intense  light  and  that  it  has  been 
expanding  ever  since.  Some  predict  that 
gravity  will  one  day  cease  and  the  outward 
expansion  will  be  reversed,  causing  the 
universe  to  collapse  and  disappear  "back 
to  the  pinpoint  of  light  from  which  it 
began." 

When  Jesus  spoke  of  heaven  as  His 
throne  and  earth  as  His  footstool.  He  may 
have  been  comparing  the  stars  and  ga- 
laxies in  our  known  universe  to  a  chair  in 
just  one  room  of  God's  house.  But  there 
are  more  pieces  of  furniture  and  more 
rooms  in  His  house.  The  universe  implied 
in  Scripture  is  even  more  vast  and  com- 
plex than  either  modern  science  or  science 
fiction  has  dreamed  of. 

2.  Jesus  Christ,  Lord  of  Space  and 
Time 

Recent  discoveries  and  observations 
have  shown  that  some  stars  go  through  vi- 
olent changes  in  relatively  short  periods  of 
time.  It  is  believed  that  some  of  them 
collapse  inwardly  into  tiny  invisible 
spheres,  referred  to  as  "black  holes "  be- 
cause they  cast  no  light.  Some  scientists 
believe  that  black  holes  link  our  universe 
with  other  universes. 

Jesus  declared  Himself  to  be  "the  Alpha 
and  the  Omega,  the  beginning  and  the 
end."  Dolphin  sees  Christ  as  the  link  to  the 
beginning  and  end  points  of  creation  and 
the  link  between  the  material  and  spiritual 
worlds. 

3.  The  Energies  of  God 

The  sun  is  considered  the  earth's  most 
important  source  of  energy.  Dolphin  de- 
clares that  "ninety-nine  per  cent  of  all  us- 
able energy  on  earth  originates  from  this 
local  star."  Over  the  centuries  many  have 
worshiped  the  sun  because  of  benefits 
received  from  its  light  and  heat. 

But  the  power  of  God  is  the  "greatest 
and  most  amazing  energy  source  of  all. " 
The  Bible  gives  many  examples  of  its 
operation  "behind  the  scenes  of  history,  in 
nature  and  in  the  physical  universe."  This 


power  operated  in  a  special  way  in  the  res- 
urrection of  Jesus  from  the  dead,  showing 
that  "God  alone  can  reverse  deterioration 
and  decay  and  death." 

4.  Outer  Space  and  Inner  Space 

Astronomers  can  now  observe  one  bil- 
lion galaxies.  Our  own  galaxy  contains  100 
billion  stars.  If  we  could  travel  at  the  speed 
of  light,  we  could  reach  the  sun  in  about 
eight  minutes,  but  it  would  take  us  100,000 
years  to  cross  our  galaxy  and  15  billion 
years  to  reach  the  limits  of  known  space. 
As  staggering  as  it  is  to  think  of  the 
vastness  of  space,  contemplation  of  the 
tiny  atom  and  the  relatively  large  empty 
spaces  between  atoms  is  just  as  stagger- 
ing. Stars  and  atoms  are  both  included  in 
what  we  call  "outer  space. " 

""Inner  space  "  has  to  do  with  mans  mind 
and  the  spiritual  dimension  of  life — that 
which  makes  up  the  universe  inside  of 
man.  "It  is  Jesus  Christ  who  unlocks  the 
doors  of  inner  space  .  . .  There  is  a  king- 
dom to  be  won  in  every  man. " 

5.  The  Many  Dimensions  of  Time 

We  think  of  time  as  one-dimensional, 
going  from  past  to  present  to  future.  But 
God  sees  time  from  the  eternal  point  of 
view.  The  author  imagines  himself  finding 
a  book  called  Chronicles  of  Life  on 
Planet  Earth  in  a  library  in  one  room  of 
God's  house.  In  this  book  he  sees  por- 
trayed in  living  3-D  color  such  events  as 
creation,  historic  events  on  earth,  and  the 
earthly  life  of  Christ  in  all  its  detail. 

While  recognizing  that  God  has  hidden 
from  us  many  secrets  about  the  nature  of 
time,  the  author  advises  us  "to  begin  to 
think  on  the  eternal,  expanded  dimensions 
of  the  spirit." 

6.  The  Elasticity  of  Time 

Clocks,  calendars  and  schedules  are  all 
constant  reminders  of  time.  Einstein  linked 
time  and  space,  putting  time  on  a  relative 
basis.  Yardsticks  for  measuring  time  really 
should  be  made  of  rubber,  the  author 
states. 

Our  inability  to  understand  God's  mys- 
teries of  time  prevents  a  complete  under- 
standing of  the  Bible's  teachings  con- 
cerning creation  and  the  second  coming  of 
Christ. 

7.  Time  and  Death 

We  will  experience  time  as  multidimen- 
sional in  our  resurrection  bodies.  We  leave 
earth's  time  reference  when  we  die.  The 
author  uses  Stephen  as  an  example  of 
what  he  believes  happens  to  all  believers 
at  death — they  travel  ahead  in  time  to  the 
resurrection  and  receive  resurrection  bod- 
ies. Yet  all  arrive  together  at  the  time  of 
Christ's  second  coming. 

As  far  as  time  is  concerned,  the  author 
says,  "We  live  today  in  the  land  of  shad- 


ows. It  is  the  realities  behind  the  scenes  in 
the  heavenly  places  which  are  everlast- 
ing." 

8.  Evolution  and  Entropy 

Dolphin  points  to  discrepancies  between 
the  theory  of  evolution  and  laws  of  physics, 
particularly  the  Second  Law  of  Thermody- 
namics which  points  to  a  trend  in  the  uni- 
verse toward  chaos  rather  than  toward 
improvement.  This  Law  also  shows  that 
"outside  programming  information  or  in- 
struction"  is  essential  for  production  of  the 
complex  organic  molecules  found  in  living 
cells. 

The  missing  clues  to  many  scientific 
questions  are  found  in  the  spiritual  realm. 
The  author  points  out  that  ""it  is  "in  Christ' 
that  man  is  invited  to  study  and  explore  a 
vaster  and  more  complete  science  than 
would  otherwise  be  possible." 


9.  The  Witch  Under  the  Laboratory 

While  scientists  are  assumed  to  work 
according  to  principles  of  scientific  meth- 
ods, human  prejudices  and  motivations 
often  affected  their  findings.  The  author 
points  out  that,  while  every  generation 
adds  something  to  scientific  thought,  no 
one  notices  the  clever  witch  in  a  secret 
chamber  under  the  laboratory  pulling 
strings  connected  to  the  scientists  above. 
This  witch  is  defined  as  "a  personification 
of  the  psychological  and  emotional  in- 
completeness of  those  scientists  and 
others  who  have  disallowed  the  existence 
of  the  spiritual  elements  in  life  and  have 
thus  become  unwitting  slaves  of  such  spiri- 
tual forces  at  work  in  the  world." 

"Only  through  a  total  commitment  to 
Jesus  Christ  as  Lord  and  Savior  can  the 
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If  a  picture  is  worth  1 0,000  words,  then  the 
one  above  makes  words  redundant.  It 
describes  the  theme  and  the  extent  of  our 
Annual  Missionary  Conference. 

The  Great  Design"  was  taken  from  the 
original  meeting  that  brought  Ontario  Bible 
College  into  being.  It  was  May  14,  1894, 
and  a  course  was  set,  that  under  God  was 
to  be  The  Great  Design  for  the  next  80 
years. 

And,  please  God,  it  will  be  The  Great 
Design  as  long  as  O.B.C.  exists.  For  this 
purpose  it  was  brought  into  being;  around 
this  design  it  has  continued  to  experience 
blessing,  effectiveness  and  growth;  and  for 
the  years  that  lie  ahead,  these  words  will 
form  "The  Great  Design"  of  C'^tario  Bible 
College:  "The  Great  Desi^^  n   of  the 


School,  is  the  training  of  consecrated 
Christian  men  and  women  for  Christian 
service  at  home  and  abroad.  For  these 
the  School  shall  furnish  a  thorough  and 
systematic  training  in  the  knowledge 
and  practical  use  of  the  English  Bible, 
without  reference  to  denominational 
doctrines  or  peculiarities  of  Church 
government,  as  the  School  is  distinc- 
tively interdenominational." 

For  1975,  "The  Great  Design"  was  the 
missionary  conference  theme,  as  we 
shared  The  Great  Design  of  Gods  Global 
Purpose:  The  Great  Design  of  Gods 
Word;  The  Great  Design  of  God's  Work; 
The  Great  Design  for  God's  People. 

Flooding  the  campus  and  overflowing 
into  historic  Walmer  Rd.  Baptist  Church 


Dr.  Warren  Webster.  Theme  Speaker 


(where  O.B.C.  began!),  the  missionary  tide 
ran  high,  with  55  missionaries  (and  repre- 
senting 33  missions)  to  speak,  lead  dis- 
cussions and  share  in  "The  Great  Design." 

Dr.  Warren  Webster,  General  Director  of 
the  Conservative  Baptist  Foreign  Mission 
Society  sharpened  our  focus  on  God's 
design  and  global  opportunities.  With  a 
wealth  of  information  and  experience  to 
draw  from,  he  challenged  us  with: 

"We  are  the  only  generation  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  world,  who  have  in  our  hands 
the  means  and  the  opportunity  to  reach  the 
world  for  Christ. "  It  is  premised  on  "the 
whole  church  taking  the  whole  Gospel  to 
the  whole  world." 

Alumni  from  the  field  and  other  mis- 
sionaries also  shared  burdened  and  burn- 
ing hearts  with  us. 

One  thing  became  very  evident:  God's 
design  is  still  the  same;  the  need  of  the 
world  is  still  the  same;  the  global  opportu- 
nities are  still  the  same.  One  big  question 
remains:  Is  O.B.C.  still  the  same  in  the 
desire  to  fulfill  God's  Great  Design?  Is  the 
Church  ready  to  move  out  into  the  world  to 
share  in  God's  Great  Design?  Are  individ- 
ual Christians  prepared  to  respond  to  the 
last  commission  of  Jesus:  "Even  as  the 
Father  hath  sent  Me,  so  send  I  you. "? 

That  is  the  Great  Design. 


Mark  Branson,  Student  Missionary  Leader— just  paus- 
ing. 


^VAt  AUTHORITY  OF 


JESUS  CHRIST  IN  MISSIONS 


John  Beerley,  U.F.M. 


"Then  the  eleven  disciples  went  away  into  Galilee,  unto  a  mountain  where  Jesus  had 
appointed  them.  And  when  they  saw  Him,  they  worshipped  Him:  but  some  doubted.  And 
Jesus  came  and  spoke  unto  them  saying.  All  authority  is  given  unto  Me  in  heaven  and  in 
earth.  Go  ye,  therefore,  and  teach  all  nations,  baptizing  them  in  the  name  of  the  Father, 
and  of  the  Son.  and  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  teaching  them  to  observe  all  things  whatsoever  I 
have  commanded  you:  and  ,  lo.  I  am  with  you  always,  even  unto  the  end  of  the  age. 
Amen. " 

Matt.  28:16-20 

Did  you  ever  wonder  why  people  be- 
come missionaries?  Wliat  is  it  that  makes 
them  leave  their  home  land,  their  families 
and  closest  friends?  What  makes  them 
give  up  lucrative  careers  as  some  have 
done?  What  could  make  people  break  with 
the  materialistic  culture  of  this  day  and  go 
to  a  mission  field? 

In  reply,  some  speak  of  the  greater  need 
in  areas  of  the  world  where  90%  of  the 
population  is  being  ministered  to  by  only 
10%  of  the  Christian  work  force.  Por  others 
there  is  the  reality  of  totally  unevangelized 
areas  that  to  this  day  have  never  had  the 
opportunity  to  hear  the  gospel  of  Christ. 
Some  speak  of  a  "call  of  God."  There  are 
many  other  reasons  that  people  give.  Then 
of  course  there  are  some  who  think  that 
missionaries  are  simply  crazy.  Who  in  his 
right  mind  would  go  to  some  remote  area 
of  the  world  just  to  tell  some  people  who 
could  care  less,  about  the  Gospel? 

The  need,  the  fact  that  thefe  are  many 
who  have  yet  to  hear  the  Gospel,  and  the 
call  of  God  are  all  valid  incentives  to  mis- 
sions. But  do  these  reasons  lie  at  the  heart 
of  the  matter?  Is  there  not  something  that 
puts  these  reasons  in  perspective?  I 
suggest  that  there  is.  It  is  a  factor  that  in 
our  day  has  been  largely  overlooked.  It  is 
the  basic  foundation  for  every  believer.  It 
will  determine  whether  your  field  is  Jerusa- 
lem or  the  uttermost  part  of  the  world.  It  is 
the  fact  of  the  authority  of  Jesus  Christ. 

Look  again  at  the  declaration  in  Matthew 
28:1 8  and  the  first  part  of  verse  1 9 : 


"And  Jesus  came  to  them  and  spoke 
unto  them,  saying.  All  AUTHORITY  is 
given  unto  me  .  .  .  therefore  GO  .  .  . ' 

The  Authority  of  His  Being 

Our  consideration  of  Jesus  Christ  will  be 
based  on  the  facts  revealed  in  Scripture. 
The  first  fact  is  that  Jesus  Christ  is  God. 

In  Philippians  2:5-6,  we  are  confronted 
with  Christ  Jesus  in  the  "form  of  God."  He 
considered  "equality  with  God"  something 
that  was  His  by  hght  and  thus  He  did  not 
have  to  retain  it  by  force.  That  phrase  "in 
the  form  of  God"  is  not  referring  to  His 
physical  appearance,  for  God  is  Spirit 
(John  4:24),  and  spirit  does  not  have  "flesh 
and  bones"  (Luke  24:39).  It  refers  rather  to 
His  attributes  and  to  His  glory.  Thus  John 
writes:  "And  the  Word  was  made  flesh  and 
dwelt  among  us,  and  we  beheld  His  glory, 
the  glory  as  of  the  only  begotten  of  the  Fa- 
ther, full  of  grace  and  truth."  (John  1:14). 

The  prophet  Isaiah  speaks  of  this  in  his 
prophecy  (Isa.  9:6).  Note  how  he  distin- 
guishes between  Christ's  divinity  and  His 
humanity. 

"Unto  us  a  Child  is  born."  This  speaks  of 
His  humanity  and  relates  to  that  message 
of  an  angel  of  the  Lord  in  Luke  2:11  "For 
unto  you  is  born  this  day  in  the  city  of 
David  a  Savior,  Who  is  Christ  the  Lord." 

"Unto  us  a  Son  is  given."  The  eternal 
Son  given  by  the  Father  to  a  lost  world. 
"For  God  so  loved  the  world  that  He  gave 


His  only  begotten  Son. ..."  (John  3:1 6). 

Then  among  the  titles  that  Isaiah  uses  to 
describe  this  child  who  is  born,  this  son 
who  is  given,  are  the  following:  'The 
tylighty  God,  the  Everlasting  Father  (or  the 
Fatherof  the  Ages) ". 

In  our  day  there  are  many  who  are  say- 
ing that  Jesus  never  claimed  to  be  God; 
that  those  of  us  who  believe  that  He  is  God 
and  that  He  made  the  claim  to  deity  are 
reading  into  the  record  what  we  want  lo  be 
there.  However,  the  record  is  quite  clear 
that  the  Jewish  leaders  who  heard  Him 
and  who  challenged  Him  clearly  under- 
stood that  He  claimed  to  be  God.  John 
5:17-18:  "Jesus  answered  them,  tvly  Fa- 
ther works  hitherto,  and  I  work.  Therefore 
the  Jews  sought  the  more  to  kill  Him, 
because  He  not  only  had  broken  the  sab- 
bath, but  said  that  God  was  His  Father, 
making  Himself  equal  with  God."  Again  in 
John  10:30-33  the  Jews  are  ready  to  stone 
Jesus  because  of  blasphemy  and:  "You, 
being  a  man,  make  yourself  God. " 

Perhaps  one  of  the  clearest  passages  is 
found  in  John  8.  The  debate  is  heated.  The 
religious  leaders  hate  Jesus  and  they  are 
determined  to  get  rid  of  Him.  From  verse 
33  there  is  a  series  of  charges  and 
counter  charges.  The  Pharisees  appeal  to 
their  father  Abraham.  They  are  his  poster- 
ity! Jesus:  "You  are  of  your  father  the 
Devil.  Who  among  you  can  convict  Me  of 
sin?" 

The  Pharisees:  "You  are  a  Samaritan, 
and  You  are  demon  possessed. " 

Jesus:  "Abraham  rejoiced  to  see  My 
day." 

The  Pharisees:  "You  are  not  yet  fifty 
years  old  and  have  you  seen  Abraham?" 

It  is  in  this  hostile  context  that  Jesus 
reaches  back  into  one  of  the  most  revered 
passages  of  the  Jewish  scriptures.  God 
has  just  appeared  to  Moses  in  the  flaming 
bush.  He  has  commissioned  him  to  go  to 
Egypt  to  deliver  Israel.  Moses  asks:  "Be- 
hold, when  I  come  unto  the  children  of 
Israel,  and  shall  say  unto  them,  the  God  of 
your  fathers  hath  sent  me  unto  you;  and 
they  shall  say  to  me.  What  is  His  name? 
What  shall  I  say  unto  them?  And  God  said 
unto  Moses,  "I  AM  THAT  I  AM:  and  He 
said.  Thus  shall  you  say  unto  the  children 
of  Israel,  I  AM  has  sent  me  unto  you." 
(Exodus  3:13-14)  Jesus  shot  back  at  those 
scornful,  sneering  leaders:  "Before  Abra- 
ham was,  I  AM,"  (John  8:58).  Those  Jews 
understood  what  He  was  saying.  This  was 
blasphemy!  "Then  they  took  up  stones  to 
cast  at  Him  .  .  . '  Why?  Because  the  law 
said  that  anyone  who  claimed  to  be  God 
should  be  stoned  to  death. 

Jesus  Christ  is  God  and  thus  He  has  all 
authority. 

Jesus  Christ  is  also  man.  He  became 
flesh.  He  was  sent  from  the  Father  to 
mankind.  He  was  sent  from  heaven  to 
earth.  He  came  to  do  the  will  of  His  Father 
as  an  obedient  servant.  (Phil.  2:7-8;  He- 
brews 10:1-10;  John  8:29)  He  was  totally 


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Rev.  Ray  Joyce  of  Fellowship  of  Faith  for  Muslims 
shares  his  burden  with  student  David  Ndungu  of 
Kenya. 

committed  to  the  will  of  His  Father  and  in 
doing  it  He  was  obedient  unto  death,  even 
the  death  of  the  cross. 
This  leads  us  then  to: 

The  Authority  of  His  Behavior 

Throughout  His  earthly  ministry  the  Lord 
Jesus  demonstrated  His  authority  in  sev- 
eral areas  that  were  crucial.  The  first 
confrontation  and  challenge  to  His  author- 
ity is  seen  in  the  testing  in  the  wilderness. 
"And  the  devil,  taking  Him  up  into  a  high 
mountain,  showed  Him  all  the  kingdoms 
of  the  world  in  a  moment  of  time.  And 
the  devil  said  unto  Him,  All  this  author- 
ity will  I  give  thee,  and  the  glory  of  them: 
for  ihat  is  delivered  unto  me,  and  to 
whomsoever   I   will   I   give  it.    If  thou, 
therefore,  wilt  worship  me,  all  shall  be 
Thine."  (Luke  4:5-7) 

Just  how  the  event  here  recorded  took 
place  we  are  not  told.  In  a  moment  of  time 
the  succession  of  earths  kingdoms 
passed  before  them  in  parade.  To  Satan 
they  appeared  undoubtedly  like  the  mag- 
nificent image  seen  by  the  great  king  of 
Babylon,  Nebuchadnezzar  (Daniel  2).  He 
saw  all  of  the  wealth,  the  pomp,  the  power, 
the  military  might,  the  glories:  and  Satan 
said:  "All  shall  be  yours."  But  there  was 
one  condition:  "WORSHIP  ME." 

In  effect  Satan  was  saying  that  he  would 
give  Jesus  a  shortcut  to  authority  over  the 
nations.  He  promised  Him  the  fvlessianic 
kingdom  NOW.  Jesus  had  come  to  be 
King.  He  had  come  to  rule  not  only  over 
Israel,  but  the  nations.  Satan  was  offering 
it  to  Him  on  his  terms.  It  also  meant  that 
Jesus  could  reach  His  goal  the  easy  way. 
He  would  not  have  to  suffer,  to  be  ridic- 
uled, or  to  be  crucified.  Satan's  way 
avoided  Gethsemane,  the  Judgment  Hall 
of  Pilate,  and  Calvary.  Satan  offered  in- 
stant success. 

But  the  response  of  Jesus  Christ  was 
immediate  and  it  was  unalterable.  Jesus 
was  totally  committed  to  the  will  of  His  Fa- 
ther, therefore  He  rebuked  Satan.  Jesus 
went  Gods  way.  He  did  God's  thing  and  it 
led  Him  to  the  cross.  And  in  contrast  to  the 
temporal  authority  of  Satan's  offer  we 
read: 


"Wherefore,  God  has  also  highly  exalted 
Him,  and  given  Him  a  name  which  is 
above  every  name,  that  at  the  name  of 
Jesus  every  knee  should  bow  in  heaven, 
on  earth,  and  under  the  earth,  and  every 
tongue  should  confess  that  Jesus  Christ 
is  Lord,  to  the  glory  of  God,  the  Father." 
(Phil.  2:9-11). 

There  is  a  second  challenge  to  His  au- 
thority in  Luke  4:31-36.  It  came  in  the  per- 
son of  a  man  who  was  demon  possessed. 
The  demon  acknowledged  Jesus  for  Who 
He  was,  recognizing  His  authority  over 
him,  and  begged  Him  not  to  exercise  it.  In 
response  Jesus  ordered  the  demon  to 
leave  the  man.  Immediately  the  demon 
came  out  of  him. 

The  reaction  of  the  people  is  illumina- 
ting: 'And  they  were  all  amazed,  and 
spoke  among  themselves,  saying.  What  a 
word  is  this!  For  with  authority  and  power 
He  commands  the  unclean  spirits.  AND 
THEY  COME  OUT."  This  really  is  what  au- 
thority is  all  about.  It  is  the  right  to  com- 
mand, and  then  to  expect  and  to  receive 
immediate  obedience. 

Another  demonstration  of  His  authority 
is  seen  in  Luke  8:22-25.  The  setting  is  the 
Sea  of  Galilee,  notorious  for  storms  that 
gather  without  warning.  This  was  the  situa- 
tion In  this  text.  Jesus  and  the  disciples 
had  set  sail  on  a  calm  sea.  All  was  going 
well.  Jesus  was  asleep.  The  disciples  were 
enjoying  the  trip.  Suddenly,  with  no  warn- 
ing they  found  themselves  in  a  raging 
nightmare.  They  had  taken  so  much  water 
that  they  feared  they  would  sink  and  be 
lost.  Through  it  all  the  Lord  slept.  On  deck 
the  attitude  of  the  disciples  rapidly 
changed  from  worry  to  fear  to  anger  to 
panic!  The  only  One  Who  could  help  them 
lay  sleeping  in  the  hold.  He  didn't  even 
care! 

In  desperation  they  clambered  down 
into  the  hold.  Roughly  they  shook  Him  and 
screamed  above  the  howling  wind:  "Don't 
you  care  that  we  are  going  to  perish''' 

We  do  well  to  meditate  upon  the  full  im- 
pact of  what  happened  next.  The  record  is 
clear.  He  got  up  and  went  on  deck.  He 
faced  the  raging  elements.  On  His  part 
there  was  no  fear  or  hesitation.  He  was 
master  of  the  situation.  He  spoke  the  word: 
"Peace." 

Suddenly  there  is  perfect  calm.  The  sea 
is  like  glass.  The  winds  have  died  down. 

The  disciples  look  at  each  other  awe- 
stricken.  This  is  not  the  Jesus  depicted  in 
"Jesus  Christ  Super-star "  or  in  "Godspell ". 
Their  testimony  repudiates  such  non- 
sense. This  was  not  some  "buddy."  They 
were  not  about  to  join  in  on  "Put  your  hand 
in  the  hand  of  the  man  who  stilled  the  wa- 
ters." Listen  to  the  record:  "And  they, 
being  afraid,  marveled,  saying:  What  man- 
ner of  Man  is  this!  For  He  commands  even 
the  winds  and  the  water,  and  they  obey 
Him."  (Luke  8:25) 

The  praise  of  men  is  at  best  vascillating. 
One  day  the  mob  acclaimed  Him  King  of 


the  Jews  as  He  entered  Jerusalem.  'Yet 
within  days  they  cried  for  His  blood:  "Cru- 
cify Him!"  And  they  did  kill  Him.  His  ene- 
mies were  elated.  Finally  He  was  out  of  the 
way. 

But  this  was  all  in  the  plan  of  God.  The 
cross  did  not  overtake  Him  like  some  great 
unforeseen  tragedy.  On  many  occasions 
Jesus  had  foretold  this.  "He  must  go  unto 
Jerusalem,  and  suffer  many  things  from 
the  elders  and  chief  priests  and  scribes, 
and  be  killed,  and  be  raised  again  the  third 
day."  (Matt.  16:21) 

"And  be  raised  again  the  third  day."  In 
their  dismay  the  disciples  forgot:  but  His 
enemies  remembered.  They  were  not  tak- 
ing any  chances.  They  demanded  that  the 
tomb  be  sealed  and  that  a  guard  be  posted 
to  insure  that  His  body  would  not  be  stolen 
by  the  disciples. 

It  was  done.  The  seal  of  the  Imperial 
Roman  Empire  was  pressed  on  the  rock, 
with  all  the  might  of  Rome  ready  to  crush 
anyone  who  would  dare  tamper  with  it. 
Troops  of  the  Roman  army  stood  guard  to 
guarantee  its  security.  All  that  man  could 
do  was  done  to  keep  that  dead  body  in  the 
tomb. 

But  Jesus  Christ  challenged  the  author- 
ity of  death,  and  hell,  and  Rome.  He 
challenged  and  emerged  victorious.  Jesus 
Christ  rose  from  the  dead  and  bodily  left 
that  tomb. 

It  was  this  Jesus  Who  stood  that  day  in 
Galilee  with  His  own  disciples  and  pro- 
claimed: "ALL  AUTHORITY  IS  GIVEN 
UNTO  ME  IN  HEAVEN  AND  ON  EARTH, 
THEREFORE  YOU  GO. .  . 

This  has  shifted  the  missionary  chal- 
lenge to  every  believer.  It  is  not  the  ques- 
tion of  need  versus  no  need:  nor  is  it  a 
vague  feeling  or  vision  or  whatever  it  may 
be  that  mysteriously  "calls  "  you  to  go.  It  is 
the  recognition  of  the  authority  of  Jesus 
Christ  over  you.  It  is  the  issue  of  His  right 
to  you,  to  your  plans,  to  your  future,  to  the 
gifts  that  He  has  given  you.  In  short  it  is 
submission  to  His  authority  NOW! 

Yet  the  heartbreak,  the  tragedy  is  this: 

Satan,  His  archenemy,  hears — and  he 

obeys; 

Demons  hear — and  they  obey; 

Nature  hears — and  it  obeys; 

Death  hears — and  it  obeys! 

But  what  about  you?  You  hear  and  im- 


mediately  begin  to  make  excuses.  You  tell 
Him  to  quit  bugging  you.  Incredible  isn't  it! 
You  who  claim  to  love  Him;  you  who  talk 
about  Him  as  your  Lord;  you  hear — and 
yet  you  refuse  to  obey  Him!  His  scathing, 
soul-searching  question  comes  to  all  of  us 
today;  "Why  do  you  call  me  Lord,  and  you 
do  not  do  what  I  say?  " 

The  command  has  been  given.  The 
word  of  authority  has  been  spoken.  What 
are  you  doing  about  it? 

In  Mark  5  we  read  of  a  man  who  had 
been  transformed  by  the  Lord  Jesus.  So 
grateful  was  he  that  when  Jesus  was 
ready  to  go  to  the  other  side  of  the  lake, 
this  man  wanted  to  go  with  him.  But  Jesus 
said:  "Go  home  to  your  friends  and  tell 
them  what  great  things  the  Lord  has  done 
for  you."  That  is  where  it  all  begins — at 
home,  your  "Jerusalem."  It  may  be  that 
"home"  is  all  the  distance  you  will  go  geo- 
graphically. But  that  is  His  problem.  It  may 
be  across  the  world.  That  also  is  His  pur- 
pose. Your  responsibility  is  to  submit  to 
Him  Who  said;  "All  authority  is  Mine  in 
heaven  and  on  earth,  therefore  GO." 


EDUCATOR  DISCUSSES 
INCREASED  COST  OF 
MISSIONS 

Washington,  D.C.  (MNS)— "The  send- 
ing churches  must  almost  overnight  revo- 
lutionize their  giving  mentality,"  says  Dr. 
Everett  Cattell  in  an  article  in  Christianity 
Today  (Nov.  22,  1974).  "No  longer  are  the 
majority  of  missionaries  going  to  primitive 
peoples,  and  no  longer  does  the  American 
dollar  do  wonders." 

Cattell  points  out  that  it  now  is  as  expen- 
sive to  live  in  Taipei,  Taiwan  as  it  is  in 
Washington,  D.C,  and  that  Hong  Kong 
and  Tokyo  are  more  expensive  than 
Washington. 

"Through  the  years  the  missionary 
sending  bodies  have  been  completely  con- 


ditioned by  the  idea  that  missionaries  were 
sent  to  primitive  peoples'  or  to  'underde- 
veloped nations.'  where  the  powerful 
American  dollar  did  wonders.  This  be- 
came, perhaps  unconsciously,  a  standard 
factor  in  fund-raising  and  giving, "  Cattell 
says. 

Now  a  new  situation  with  overseas  costs 
soaring  beyond  U.S.  costs  puts  the  whole 
matter  in  a  new  perspective. 

"To  comprehend  and  to  act  on  this 
simple  fact  will  call  for  a  complete  revolu- 
tion in  the  thinking  of  sending  churches, " 
Cattell  says.  "Perhaps  this  is  a  part  of  our 
punishment  for  not  getting  on  with  the  job 
sooner." 

Cattell  calls  on  American  Christians  to 
give  serious  consideration  to  a  radical  new 
kind  of  stewardship  by  suggesting  that 
those  "with  incomes  well  above  the  na- 
tional average — and  for  many  this  means 
four  to  ten  times  the  national  average — 
need  to  have  a  private  session  with  God  in 
which  they  acknowledge  that  they  are  not, 
as  Christians,  at  liberty  either  to  hoard 
wealth  or  to  live  it  up.'  Such  a  person 
should,  in  the  presence  of  the  Lord,  decide 
on  a  figure  that  adequately  covers  the 
basic  living  needs,  of  himself  and  his  fam- 
ily, and  provides  for  his  retirement;  this  he 
should  accept  as  the  living'  part  of  his  in- 
come, while  the  balance  goes  to  the  Lord's 
work." 

Cattell  also  has  some  advice  for  the 
agencies  which  are  to  be  financed  by  this 
type  of  radical  stewardship,  suggesting 
that  they  too  need  a  change  of  mentality; 
"So  the  first  in  the  change  of  mentality  is  to 
start  with  planned  objectives,  not  person- 
nel. The  second  is  to  develop  efficient 
methods.  This  involves  cost  accounting 
and  the  elimination  of  duplication  and 
overlap." 

Cattell  retired  as  president  of  Malone 
College  in  1 972.  He  spent  the  past  year  as 
a  guest  professor  at  the  China  Evangelical 
Seminary  in  Taipei. 


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OUR  LORD  JESUS  CHRIST 

"We  believe  that  Jesus  Christ,  the  eter- 
nal Son  of  God,  in  His  incarnation  united  to 
His  divine  nature  a  true  human  nature,  and 
so  continues  to  be  both  God  and  man,  in 
two  distinct  natures,  but  one  person,  for- 
ever." (OBC  Doctrinal  Statement) 

In  the  early  centuries  of  the  Christian 
church  there  were  many  false  teachers 
who  had  much  difficulty  with  the  affirma- 
tion that  Jesus  was  a  man.  Paradoxically, 
many  intellectual  leaders  today  have  dif- 
ficulty with  the  affirmation  that  Jesus  is 
God.  Are  these  theological  controversies 
of  any  practical  value  to  the  Christian  man 
or  woman,  or  are  they  merely  differing 
conclusions  for  which  there  are  no  sustain- 
ing evidences?  Jesus  does  not  sustain  the 
same  relation  to  Christianity  as  do  the 
founders  of  other  religions  to  their  own 
faith.  Some  of  these  founders  have  been 
endued  with  godlike  characteristics  by 
their  followers.  They  were  men  and 
women  who  became  godlike.  Jesus,  on 
the  other  hand,  "although  He  existed  in  the 
form  of  God  .  .  .  emptied  Himself,  taking 
the  form  of  a  bondservant  and  being  made 
in  the  likeness  of  man".  (Phil.  2:6,  7)  The 
followers  of  Jesus  were  taught  by  Jesus 
Himself  to  recognize  Him  as  God  and  also 
as  man. 

For  those  who  recognize  the  authority  of 
the  sacred  scriptures  there  is  abundant  ev- 
idence to  support  the  affirmation  that 
Jesus  is  God.  f^iames  of  deity  were  given 
to  Him,  and  the  use  of  these  names  was 
encouraged  by  Jesus  (Heb.  1:8,  Matt. 
16:15-17,  Jno.  13:13,  Jno.  20:28-29). 
Jesus  possesses  characteristics  which 
can  only  be  attributed  to  God.  He  is  eternal 
(Jno.  17:5);  omnipresent  (Matt.  28:20); 
omniscient  (Col.  2:3);  omnipotent  (Heb 
1:3);  unchangeable  (Heb.  13:8).  Divine 
works  which  only  God  could  do  are  clearly 
ascribed  to  Jesus,  e.g.  creation  (Col. 
1:16),  preservation  (Heb.  1:3),  providence 
(Heb.  1:2),  forgiveness  (Luke  5:20-24), 
and  judgment  (Jno.  5:22).  Worship 
belongs  to  God  alone,  and  yet  Jesus  ac- 
cepted such  worship  (Matt.  14:33)  indicat- 
ing that  this  honour  was  rightfully  His  (Jno. 
5:23).  The  Father  commands  the  angelic 
beings  to  worship  Him  (Heb.  1  ;6),  and  this 


worship  will  finally  become  universal  (Phil. 
2:10-11). 

On  the  other  hand,  the  same  scriptures 
portray  that  Jesus  had  a  human  birth  and 
development  (Luke  2:5-6,  Luke  2:40.  52). 
However,  the  conception  in  the  womb  of 
the  virgin  had  a  supernatural  and  not  a  nat- 
ural cause — "that  which  has  been  con- 
ceived in  her  is  of  the  Holy  Spirit"  (Matt. 
1 :20).  Jesus  possessed  a  human  spirit 
(Luke  23:46),  a  human  soul  (Jno.  12:27) 
and  a  human  body  (Jno.  2:21).  Jesus  ex- 
perienced the  characteristic  feelings  of 
human  life — weariness  (Jno.  4:6);  hunger 
(Matt.  4:2);  and  thirst  (Jno.  19:28).  The  full 
range  of  human  emotions  was  expressed 
by  Jesus  in  love  (Jno.  13:1),  compassion 
(Matt.  9:36),  sorrow  (Jno.  11:35),  and 
anger  (Jno.  2:13-16). 

The  apostle  John  combines  these  two 
strands  of  truth  into  a  single  affirmation 
when  he  declares  that  "the  Word  was  God 
.  .  .  and  the  Word  became  flesh"  (Jno.  1 :1 , 
14).  The  apostle  Paul  indicates  that  the 
mystery  of  godliness  is  given  "by  common 
confession"  that  "He  was  revealed  in  the 
flesh"  (I  Tim.  3:16).  The  same  person 
Jesus  could  be  weary,  and  yet  call  the 
weary  to  Him  for  rest  (Matt.  11:28).  He 
could  be  hungry,  and  yet  refer  to  Himself 
as  "the  bread  of  life"  (Jno.  6:51).  He  was 
thirsty,  and  yet  He  was  "the  water  of  life" 
(Jno.  4:10).  John  declares  that  the  spirit  of 
antichrist  can  be  detected  by  a  failure  both 
to  declare  that  "Jesus  is  the  Son  of  God"  (I 
Jno.  4:15),  and  that  Jesus  has  not  come 
"in  the  flesh"  (I  Jno.  4:2).  No  view  of  the 
person  of  Christ  can  be  regarded  as  satis- 
factory which  ignores  or  minimizes  either 
the  deity  or  manhood  of  Jesus.  The  Chris- 
tian delights  to  bow  down  before  Jesus,  as 
did  the  apostle  Thomas,  and  reverently 
say,  "My  Lord  and  my  God"  (Jno.  20:28). 
In  response  to  this  affirmation  of  faith 
Jesus  declares  "Blessed  are  they  who  did 
not  see,  and  yet  believed"  (Jno.  20:29). 


A  NEW  EDUCATIONAL 
OPPORTUNITY 

Ontario  Bible  College  has  been  deeply 
committed  to  the  establishment  of  a  gradu- 
ate division  for  a  number  of  years.  Indeed 
the  merger  of  the  two  constituent  colleges 
in  1968  had  the  establishment  of  a  gradu- 
ate division  as  one  of  the  specific  objec- 
tives of  such  a  merger.  During  the  past  six 
years  and  at  present  much  work  has  been 
done  to  work  out  in  detail  the  objectives, 
organizational  relationships,  and  aca- 
demic program. 

The  recent  announcement  concerning 
the  establishment  of  a  Graduate  Seminary 
at  Ontario  Bible  College  is  an  answer  to  a 
need  which  many  denominational  and 
other  Christian  leaders  have  been  voicing 


for  many  years.  There  is  no  inter- 
denominational evangelical  Seminary  in 
Eastern  Canada  where  pastoral  can- 
didates may  be  prepared  for  ministry  in 
modern  urban  and  suburban  churches.  Al- 
though there  are  a  few  denominational 
seminaries  in  Eastern  Canada,  most  of  our 
own  graduates  have  been  attending  Semi- 
nary in  the  United  States  prior  to  ministry  in 
Canada.  There  are  growing  restrictions  in 
relation  to  study  in  the  United  States,  and 
some  of  our  graduates  who  study  there 
never  return  to  ministerial  opportunities  in 
Canada.  For  these  reasons  the  establish- 
ment of  a  Graduate  Seminary  at  Ontario 
Bible  College  is  a  significant  challenge  and 
opportunity  for  the  years  which  are  ahead. 

We  have  been  aware  for  some  time  of 
the  strategic  location  that  we  have  to  es- 
tablish such  a  graduate  program.  (1)  On- 
tario Bible  College  is  at  the  hub  of  the 
largest  population  concentration  in 
Canada — 60%  of  Canada's  population 
within  500  miles  of  our  campus.  (2)  There 
is  strong  denominational  support  from  sev- 
eral evangelical  denominations  with  many 
churches  within  our  constituent  area. 
(3)  Strong  financial  support  has  already 
been  developed  for  our  Bible  College 
operation  with  many  possibilities  of  ex- 
tending this  financial  base.  (4)  Mission 
and  denominational  headquarters  are  nu- 
merous in  Toronto  providing  points  of  con- 
tact for  students  seeking  vocational 
ministries.  (5)  The  seminary  would  be  in 
close  proximity  to  the  largest  collections  of 
theological  books  and  research  libraries  in 
Canada. 

The  graduate  theological  program  is  to 
prepare  young  people  for  a  ministry  in  a 
world  which  has  significantly  changed.  Our 
society  has  become  urban  and  secular. 
This  calls  for  innovative  approaches  in  un- 
derstanding how  best  the  church  can  grow 
spiritually  as  a  Christian  community,  and 
how  it  can  best  evangelize  alienated  men 
and  women.  While  the  missionary  man- 
date remains  as  valid  as  ever,  our  rela- 
tionship to  the  younger  churches  in  the 
Third  World  has  moved  into  that  of  a  close 
partnership.  The  seminary  program  needs 
to  be  sensitive  to  these  changing  situa- 
tions in  preparing  men  for  the  gospel 
ministry  today.  Of  central  significance  re- 
mains a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  Scrip- 
tures, and  the  development  of  skill  in 
teaching  and  expository  preaching. 

The  academic  curriculum  will  focus 
upon  a  balanced  development  of  the  po- 
tential minister  in  relation  to  knowledge, 
skills,  and  behaviour.  The  one  who  will 
serve  as  a  pastor  will  need  to  have  a  deep 
understanding  of  the  truth  of  God  as  given 
to  us  in  the  Christian  scriptures,  as  well  as 
to  comprehend  the  nature  of  the  contem- 
porary world  in  which  he  will  minister. 
There  is  a  variety  of  skills  which  must  be 
developed  in  order  to  support  the  pastoral 
and  ministerial  pursuits  in  our  contem- 
porary society.  The  development  of  Chris- 


GRADUATE  DIVISION 

BEGINS  WITH 
SUMMER  SEMINARS 

June  2-27.  1975 

Our  Summer  School  1975  programme  will  initiate  studies  for  the  O.B.C.  Graduate 
Division.  Summer  School  1976  will  be  the  "second  year,"  and  regular  day  classes  will 
begin  in  September  1 976.  Courses  will  lead  to  the  M.Div.  degree. 

PLEASE  NOTE:  (1 )  Pastors  and  Missionaries  are  encouraged  to  enroll  whether  or  not 

they  plan  to  complete  a  graduate  degree.  Subjects  may  also  be  audited. 
(2)  For  those  who  are  working  for  the  M.Div.  degree,  and  who  qualify  for  admission, 

the  Seminar  credits  are  accepted. 

SUMMER,  1975 

June  2-13    DR.  CLARK  PINNOCK:  "Studies  in  Christian  Apologetics"  (2  credits) 
DR.  J.  EDWIN  ORR:  "Revival:  Yesterday  &  Today"  (2  credits) 

June  16-27  DR.  MARIANO  Dl  GANGI:  "The  Church  in  Society"  (2  credits) 

REV.  KERMIT  A.  ECKLEBARGER:  "Major  Themes  in  New  Testament 
Theology"  (2  credits) 
For  a  folder  listing  costs,  times  and  other  information,  please  write: 
Dr.  W.  R.  Foster 
Ontario  Bible  College 
16Spadina  Road 
Toronto,  Ont.  M5R  2S8 

ANOTHER  PROGRAMME  IN  YOUR  CONTINUING  EDUCATION  FOR  CHRISTIAN 
SERVICE. 


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tian  attitudes,  values,  and  actions  in  the 
students  will  also  be  particularly  crucial  as 
far  as  the  success  of  their  future  ministry  is 
concerned. 

All  students  entering  this  program  of 
Graduate  Study  will  be  expected  to  have 
basic  Biblical  and  Theological  studies, 
skills  in  communication  and  research,  as 
well  as  a  strong  orientation  to  relevant 
areas  of  study  in  General  Arts.  This  foun- 
dation will  make  possible  a  very  strong 
Graduate  educational  experience.  Our  ac- 
ademic program  will  be  structured  in  such 
a  way  as  to  allow  for  a  concurrent  in-out 
educational  program — in  for  theoretical 
studies  relating  to  knowledge,  skills,  and 
behaviour:  and  out  for  an  involvement  in 
the  life  and  ministry  of  a  local  church  or 
church-related  institution. 

The  curriculum  will  be  designed  to  em- 
phasize individual  self-study  under  faculty 
supervision.  Such  an  approach  will  en- 
deavour to  develop  skills  of  research, 
problem-solving,  and  critical  analysis,  but 
will  also  provide  significant  experiences  for 
the  potential  minister  in  communicating 
knowlege  in  a  variety  of  group  situations. 

The  graduate  division  will  place  a  strong 
emphasis  upon  continuing  education  for 
pastors  who  are  already  serving  on  the 
field  so  that  they  may  continue  to  develop 
and  grow  in  the  ministnes  which  the  Lord 
of  the  church  has  given  them.  Two  oppor- 
tunities will  be  provided  in  the  instructional 
program  where  qualified  pastors  will  be 
able  to  enroll  in  studies  with  minimal  inter- 
ference with  their  pastoral  duties.  Mon- 
days will  be  used  by  the  faculty  of  the 
graduate  division  to  develop  opportunities 


for  continuing  education  for  active  pastors. 
Special  seminars  will  be  scheduled  prob- 
ably during  the  month  of  July  so  that  addi- 
tional graduate  studies  may  be  completed. 
Ontario  Bible  College  already  pos- 
sesses charter  rights  from  the  Province  of 
Ontario  to  offer  graduate  theological  de- 
grees. The  first  graduate  degree  to  be  of- 
fered will  be  the  Master  of  Divinity  (M.Div.) 
which  will  involve  a  three  year  program  of 
studies.  The  graduate  studies  will  begin  in 
the  summer  sessions  of  1975,  1976,  and 
the  first  year  of  the  regular  program  will  be 
inaugurated  in  September  1976  with  the 
second  and  third  years  being  added  in 
September  1977,  1978.  Ontario  Bible  Col- 
lege possesses  accreditation  in  the  Ameri- 
can Association  of  Bible  Colleges  which  is 
recognized  as  a  constituent  member  for 
the  purpose  of  institutional  accreditation  by 
the  Council  on  Post-Secondary  Accredita- 
tion (U.S.A.). 
William  R.  Foster 
Executive  Vice-President 


CHRISTIAN  DISTRESS  CLINIC 
HEADED  BY  ALUMNUS 

Mr.  Bruce  Doney  '67  is  the  Executive 
Director  of  the  Christian  Distress  Clinic — 
an  aid  for  emergency  needs.  Anyone  inter- 
ested can  contact  them  at  P.O.  Box  247, 
Station  H,  Toronto  M4C  5J2,  or  phone 
(416)923-7201. 


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in  this  car.  but  please  do  not 
smoke  or  swear. 


DO  SMOKERS  BUG  YOU? 

Why  not  send  for  one  of  these  cards  and 
put  it  on  the  dash  of  your  car.  It  keeps  the 
air  clean,  and  may  give  a  chance  to  wit- 
ness. Just  write  to  the  editor  for  one  or 
more.  And  breathe  easily! 


THIS  IS  (WAS!)  ZEAL 

"We  the  Christians,  are  but  of  yesterday. 
Yet  we  have  filled  all  the  places  you 
frequent — cities,  lodging  houses,  villages, 
townships,  markets,  the  camp  itself,  the 
tribes,  the  town  councils,  the  palace,  the 
senate  and  the  forum.  All  we  have  left  you 
is  your  temples." 

Tertullian,  writing  AD  160-230 

If  those  first  century.  Spirit-filled  Chris- 
tians could  carry  the  gospel  to  the  inha- 
bited world  of  their  day,  limited  as  they 
were  in  the  means  of  transportation  and 
communication,  what  could  the  Church 
today  do,  with  all  of  its  modern  means  of 
transportation  and  communication,  by  way 
of  evangelizing  the  modern  world,  if  it  were 
likewise  possessed  of  the  Holy  Spirit  of  the 
Living  God,  as  were  those  early  Christian 
believers? 

Whenever  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ 
has  been  baptized,  purified,  energized  and 
directed  by  the  Holy  Spirit  of  the  Living 
God,  the  citadels  of  sin  and  Satan  have  not 
been  able  to  stand  before  her  invincible, 
spiritual  forces.  And  so  will  it  ever  be  with 
the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ. 

Charles  W.  Carter  in  "The  Person 

&Ministry  of  the  Holy  Spirit" 

(G.  R.Welch  Co.  Ltd.) 


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ing lunch  and  conversation  during  conference. 


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DR.  J.  I.  PACKER 
TO  BE  SPECIAL  LECTURER 

The  Annual  Academic  Lecture  Series  for  1975  will  be 
presented  by  the  outstanding  author,  lecturer  and  speaker 

DR.  JAMES  I.  PACKER, 

Associate  Principal 

Trinity  College,  Bristol,  England. 

Dr.  Packer's  six  lectures  will  be: 

THE  GIVER  OF  LIFE:  THE  HOLY  SPIRIT  &  REVIVAL 

1.  The  Phenomenon  of  Revival. 

2.  The  Outpouring  of  The  Spirit. 

3.  The  Analysis  of  Revival. 

4.  Revival  and  the  Reforming  of  the  Church. 

5.  Revival  and  God's  Purpose  for  the  World. 

6.  The  Quest  for  Revival. 


HOLD  THESE  DATES; 


ALL  LECTURES  IN 


APRIL  8-10, 1975 

10;00  a.m.— 11:00  a.m. 
1 :00  p.m.— 2:00  p.m. 


WALMER  RD.  BAPTIST  CHURCH 

Walmer  Rd.  at  Lowther 

(Parking  Limited.  Use  East/West  Subway— Spadina  Station.) 


ARE  EVANGELICAL 

CHURCHES 

BECOMING  RELIGIOUS 

SUPERMARKETS? 


Bruce  Shelley,  history  prof  at  Denver's 
Conservative  Baptist  Theological  Semi- 
nary, hits  hard  at  some  glaring  evangelical 
contradictions  in  the  United  Evangelical 
Action  (Summer). 

"Evangelicals  used  to  sing  This  world  is 
not  my  home.'  I  haven't  heard  that  song 
lately.  There  may  be  good  reasons  why. 
Many  evangelicals  never  had  it  so  good 

.  .  .  Whatever  the  causes,  evangelicals  are 
no  longer  just  passing  through  this  old 
world.  They  are  now  goin'  first  class  ...  for 
a  pnce.  The  evidence  is  on  every  hand:  the 
full-colored  brochure  announcing  the  latest 
conference  on  youth,  the  full-page  ad  for  a 
prophecy  conference  at  sea  for  only 
$1500,  the  temple  of  tomorrow'  church 
building. 

"Many  times  great  things  are  done  for 
God  by  those  who  dare  to  think  big.  All  this 
we  grant  but  the  fact  remains;  In  our 
credit  card  culture,  churches,  like  indi- 
viduals, can  borrow  their  way  into 
bankruptcy,  financial  and  spiritual. 

At  least  25%  of  most  American  in- 
comes IS  spent  servicing  debts,  home 
mortgages,  car  payments,  paying  on 
loans,  etc.  Would  you  like  to  apply  that  fig- 
ure to  your  church  program''  There  must 
be  thousands  of  evangelical  congrega- 
tions who  have  mortgaged  their  futures 
and  that  of  their  children  for  a  lovely  but 
half-filled  building.  In  order  to  meet  pay- 
ments on  the  loan,  the  preacher,  about 
every  third  Sunday,  must  remind  his  peo- 
ple of  the  virtues  of  Christian  stewardship. 
In  the  past  year  three  churches  in  the  ten 
largest'  category  have  had  their  financial 
empires  crack  and  crumble  beneath  them. 
How  many  more,  in  order  to  meet  some 
deficiency,  have  used  funds  for  purposes 
other  than  those  for  which  they  were 
given? 

"In  our  mama  for  biggest  and  better'  we 
may  be  tempted  to  interpret  church  growth 
almost  exclusively  in  terms  of  numbers  .  .  . 
Too  many  churches  are  afflicted  with  con- 
sumensm.  They  peddle  their  goods  and 
services  like  a  religious  supermarket. 
The  advertising  is  aimed  at  providing  what 
the  consumer  wants— great  perform- 
ances, comfortable  pews,  easy  parking, 
free  babysitting  and  tax  deductible  con- 
tributions. It  should  come  as  no  surprise 
then  to  find  churches  filled  with  'dis- 
count' Christians,  men  and  women  who 
look  for  maximum  benefits  at  lowest 
prices." 

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(Ull?  iiama  Itbthtt 


Ol0mpUx 


by  D.  Bruce  Lockerbie 


We  live  in  an  age  of  hucksterism.  We're  subject  to  the  Big  Sell.  We're  constantly  being 
made  An  Offer  We  Can't  Refuse.  Usually  in  the  name  of  progress.  Often  at  the  urging  of  a 
mermaid,  a  nymph  or  some  other  sex  goddess.  Millions  of  dollars  are  spent  every  day  in 
Madison  Avenue  advertising  agencies  designing  new  ways  to  lure  consumers  to  the 
marketplace. 


Some  hucksters  sell  products — mere 
things,  gadgets,  gleaming  and  shining, 
baubles  to  titillate  our  senses,  luxuries  to 
stroke  our  egos.  The  newness  of  it  all.  the 
sheer  desirability,  the  positive  assurance 
that  possession  brings  contentment.  Most 
of  us  find  the  pitch  irresistible. 

Other  hucksters  peddle  plans — gim- 
micks, shortcuts,  pipedreams.  fantasies, 
will-o'-the-wisps — all  guaranteed  to  trans- 
fuse our  anaemic  bloodstreams  with  a 
fresh  flow  of  modernity:  to  galvanize  our 
cortical  impulses  with  Shockwaves  of  con- 
1     temporaneity;  to  propel  us  from  was  to  is 
I     and  beyond  to  an  "outa  sight"  can  be! 
I         Still  other  hucksters  promote  people — 
'     "hot  properties. "  as  show  biz  argot  puts  it. 
I     Plastic  dolls  like  Linda  Lovelace  or  Garry 
1     Glitter,  willing  to  be  drained  of  their  human- 
i     ity,  their  moral  dignity  as  persons,  and 
transformed  into  zombies  without  souls. 
Their  agents  and  promoters,  feeding  off 
them  like  lamprey  eels,  demand  ever  more 
bizarre  exploitations  of  their  prey  because 
"Ya  gotta  give  the  public  what  they  want! " 
And  what  does  this  mindless  public  want? 
I     Not  genuine  beauty  or  disciplined  talent. 
I     not  authentic  courage  or  character,  but  a 
I     sense  of  the  finite,  a  certitude  that  this  too 
1     shall  pass  away;  an  idol  destined  in  its  own 
1     time  to  crumble  and  decay. 

All  this  we  deplore  as  Christians  and 
i     turn  away  from  tawdry  fan   magazines. 
"Top  Forty  "  lists,  and  other  gossamer  fila- 
ments of  pop  glamour.  We  turn  away,  that 


is,  to  indulge  in  a  meretricious  star  system 
of  our  own,  complete  with  its  own  network 
of  agents,  promoters,  hucksters.  PR  men. 
freak  show  barkers,  and  ten-percenters  of 
every  stripe  and  smell. 

This  lust  for  top  billing  is  as  old  as  Chris- 
tianity itself.  Simon  of  Samaria,  the  Harry 
Houdini  of  his  time,  needed  something  to 
dress  up  his  act.  He  saw  what  he  wanted 
in  the  miracles  being  performed  by  Philip 
and  others  in  the  name  of  Jesus  of  Na- 
zareth. He  was  so  impressed,  in  fact,  that 
we  read  in  Acts  8  he  actually  confessed 
belief  in  Christ  and  was  baptized.  Then  he 
made  his  move,  offering  Philip  and  Peter  a 
piece  of  the  action  in  exchange  for  their 
secret — and  received  in  return  an  apos- 
tolic curse! 

The  Simons,  the  Elmer  Gantrys.  the 
Marjoes  are  still  among  us.  But  we  tend  to 
congratulate  ourselves,  as  sophisticated 
evangelicals,  at  being  able  to  spot  them  for 
the  shill  artists  they  are.  Yet  there's  a  dif- 
ferent and  far  more  prevalent  danger  to  be 
avoided.  Even  before  Simon  showed  up, 
one  of  those  perennial  stage  mothers  was 
making  a  nuisance  of  herself.  You  know 
the  type — pushy  women  who  stand  in  the 
wings  and  shove  their  kids  out  into  the 
limelight  they  really  crave  for  themselves. 
She  was  just  an  ordinary  Jewish  mama, 
and  all  she  wanted  was  for  her  babies  to 
be  Number  One — and  Two!  Her  name 
was  Mama  Zebedee. 


Remember?  Jesus  and  his  followers 
were  making  their  last  trek  up  to  Jerusa- 
lem. He  knew  what  would  happen  there, 
and  he'd  been  trying  to  make  it  as  plain  as 
possible  to  the  disciples.  But  they  were  too 
thick  to  understand.  At  the  very  moment 
he's  telling  them  about  mockery  and  humil- 
iation, they've  got  nothing  on  their  minds 
but  prestige  and  patronage.  They're  going 
to  be  Big  Shots  in  the  Kingdom  of  God! 

Whether  James  and  John  put  their 
mother  up  to  asking  Jesus  or  whether  it 
was  her  own  idea.  I  don't  know.  But  in 
Matthew  20:20-21,  we  hear  her  say.  "I 
want  you  to  give  orders  that  in  your  king- 
dom my  two  sons  here  may  sit  next  to  you, 
one  at  your  right,  and  the  other  at  your 
left." 

Some  nerve!  No  wonder  the  rest  of  the 
boys  got  sore  at  James  and  John.  But 
most  of  us  are  just  like  Mama  Zebedee. 
We  also  have  our  babies — our  special  pro- 
grams, our  pet  projects,  our  Big  Deal — and 
we  want  it  to  be  Number  One! 

The  Largest  Sunday  School  in  America 
the  biggest  foreign  mission  budget 
the  most  converts 
the  biggest  membership  roll 
The  best  selling  book 
the  top  recording 
the  longest  advance  bookings 
The  most  selective  admissions  policy 
the  most  earned  doctorates  on  the 
faculty 

the  fullest  student  body 
the  highest  ranked  basketball  team 
the  most  famous  alumni 
the  largest  endowment 
The  best  broadcast  ratings 
the  most  quotable  quotes 
the  largest  paid-up  subscription  list 
the  most  column  inches  of 
advertising 
The  most  handshakes  with  foreign 
dignitaries 

the  most  tons  of  relief  goods 
and  on  and  on  and  on  and  on  and  on 
and  on  and  on  and  on  and  on  until  the 
worthy  purpose  of  all  this  effort  has  been 
dissipated  in  an  orgy  of  egoism. 

Ironically,  that  worthy  purpose  is  com- 
mon to  all  evangelicals.  To  put  it  crudely, 
the  product  we're  selling,  in  one  form  or 
another,  is  ostensibly  the  same:  a  right 
relationship  with  God  through  Jesus 
Christ,  whether  by  salvation,  commitment 
in  service  and  stewardship,  dynamic  rene- 
wal, deeper  understanding,  or  whatever 
other  phase  of  spiritual  Body  growth  ap- 
plies. More  often  than  not,  however,  the 
product  takes  a  back  seat  to  the  package. 

In  America,  the  package  may  be  a  per- 
sonality— tall,  tanned,  and  Texan,  with  a 
voice  like  thunder:  in  other  words,  a  cross 
between  Matt  Dillon  and  the  prophet  Eli- 
jah. 

'Everyone  in  this  business. "  says  a 
media  expert  in  the  headquarters  of  a 
major  denomination,  "knows  that  you  build 
your   broadcast  around   a  personality.    If 


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people  like  his  looks  and  the  sound  of  his 
voice,  maybe  they'll  stay  tuned  to  listen  to 
what  he  says." 

Or  the  package  may  be  a  program, 
something  novel,  something  imaginative, 
but  definitely  something  on  a  grand  scale. 
If  it's  been  tried  before,  forget  it!  If  it  s  low- 
key  and  low-profile,  who  needs  it?  If  it  isn't 
global  in  scope,  it  won't  catch  on.  The  pro- 
gram has  to  excite  people  with  its  BIG- 
NESS! 

When  there's  a  famine  in  the  Sahara, 
you  can't  consider  concentrating  your  re- 
lief efforts  on  a  single  area;  you  can't  set 
your  goal  at  feeding  only  100  children  a 
day  and  doing  that  well.  You've  got  to  take 
on  the  whole  continent! 

When  floods  and  disease  ravage  Bang- 
ladesh, you  can't  pause  to  find  out  what 
the  Bangali  diet  and  tradition  will  accept. 
Just  dump  your  tons  of  wheat  on  the  Chit- 
tagong  docks  and  let  them  rot  there — 
because  the  people  eat  only  rice.  But  tell 
your  contributors  how  greatly  the  Lord  is 
using  them  (and  you !)  to  feed  the  hungry. 

The  same  goes  for  evangelism,  broad- 
casting, pastoral  and  psychological  coun- 
seling, church  growth,  book  publishing, 
recordings,  and  every  other  facet  of  our 
lives — including  estate  planning  and  retire- 
ment to  the  Christian  version  of  Leisure 
Village.  Unfortunately,  the  mass  of  evan- 
gelical Christians  in  America  are  naive. 
They  have  no  idea  that  were  all  being  ma- 
nipulated by  communications  experts, 
hard-sell  promoters,  and  soft-sell  wheeler- 
dealers.  Those  who  read  the  leading  evan- 
gelical magazines  may  catch  a  whiff  of 
Christian  commercialism  in  the  ads  for 
Holy  Land  tours  or  in  some  of  the  conflict- 
ing panaceas  for  faltering  youth  ministries 
offered  by  balding  specialists  in  teenaged 
evangelism. 

How  God  gets  the  glory  in  all  this  isn't 
always  clear.  But  this  much  is  clear.  We 
need  to  restore  integrity  (which  means 
wholeness)  to  our  evangelical  witness. 
We  need  to  be  who  we  are,  we  need  to  tell 
the  truth.  We  need  to  end  the  sham  of 
book  jacket  blurbs  being  written  by  hire- 
lings but  attributed  to  prominent  Christians 
who've  never  read  the  book.  We  need  to 
stop  ghost-writing  autobiographies.  We 
need  to  stop  deceiving  people  into  thinking 
their  money  goes  to  the  poor  and  destitute, 
when  as  much  as  half  of  it  gets  diverted  for 
"administrative  expenses. " 

This  is  basic  honesty.  Beyond  this,  how- 
ever, we  need  to  face  up  to  the  fact  that 
much  of  our  energy  is  spent  in  overlapping 
with  somebody  else's  work.  Perhaps  the 
Lausanne  Covenant  will  help  at  this  point. 
In  that  document,  probably  for  the  first 
lime,  evangelicals  have  admitted  that  "our 
testimony  has  sometimes  been  marred  by 
sinful  individualism  and  needless  duplica- 
tion." 

If  some  other  writer  can  do  the  job  better 
than  I  can,  I've  got  to  acknowledge  It.  If 
some  other  singer  can   sing   better — if 


some  other  relief  organization  can  distrib- 
ute more  effectively — if  some  other  school 
or  college  has  a  better  curriculum  or  fa- 
culty— if  somebody  else  is  being  used  by 
God  in  ways  were  not,  we've  got  to  say  so. 
Then  we  ought  to  find  what  He's  got  for  us 
to  do  and  do  it. 

We've  got  to  stop  puffing  ourselves  and 
our  favourites.  We've  got  to  get  rid  of  the 
Mama  Zebedee  complex. 

D.  Bruce  Lockerbie  is  a  teacher  at  trie  Stony  Brook 
School.  Stony  Brook,  New  York. 


Bill  Pearce.  soloist  and  trombonist  at  the  Music  Artist 
Series. 


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"We  are  in  training  for  the  tribula- 
tion," declares  Corrie  Ten  Boom  in  No- 
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of  the  Body  of  Christ  across  this  world 
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Tante  Corrie  "  is  aware  that  her  escha- 
tological  views  don't  jibe  with  those  of 
many  evangelicals.  But,  she  asserts,  "I 
have  been  in  countries  where  the  saints 
are  already  suffering  terrible  persecution. 
In  China,  the  Christians  were  told,  'Don't 
worry,  before  the  tribulation  comes,  you 
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were  tortured  to  death.  Later  I  heard  a 
bishop  from  China  say,  sadly.  We  have 
failed.  We  should  have  made  the  people 
strong  for  persecution  rather  than  telling 
them  Jesus  would  come  first." 

Eschatology  aside,  the  kind  of  vigi- 
lance Corrie  urges  would  transform  the 
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evangelistic  practices  of  Western  evan- 
gelicals— as  it  has  for  Christians  else- 
where now  undergoing  persecution. 

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A  MOTORIST'S  PRAYER 

It  s  called  a  Motorist's  Prayer.  It's  short 
and  apparently  designed  to  be  non- 
denominational: 

"Our  Heavenly  Father,  we  ask  this 
day  a  particular  blessing  as  we  take  the 
wheel  of  our  car.  Grant  us  safe  passage 
through  all  the  perils  of  travel;  shelter 
those  who  accompany  us  and  protect  us 
from  harm  by  Thy  mercy;  steady  our 
hands  and  quicken  our  eyes  that  we 
may  never  take  another  s  life;  guide  us 
to  our  destination  safely,  confident  in 
The  knowledge  that  Thy  blessings  go 
with  us  through  darkness  and  light  . .  . 
sunshine  and  shower  . .  .  forever  and 
ever.  Amen." 


j/j^M  SESSlOAf 


Ih/TWt  P^R^OMACTET 


Mary  Twinem 

Opring  is  here  again,  and  excitement 
mounts  with  the  temperature! 

At  our  house,  it's  time  to  get  out  the 
kettles,  the  bottles,  the  garden  tools;  clean 
the  freezers;  and  look  around  for  the  first  of 
the  many  natural  ways  to  save  on  food 
costs. 

From  the  earliest  signs  of  Spring  to  the 
first  frosts  of  October,  nature  continually 
provides  those  who  are  observant  and  en- 
ergetic, with  an  array  of  money-saving 
possibilities.  Each  new  month  brings  with  it 
a  new  challenge.  But  be  warned!  If  you  ac- 
cept the  challenge,  prepare  for  a  busy 
spring  and  summer. 

I'm  often  asked,  'IVIary,  I  thought  you 
were  a  pastor's  wife;  but  do  you  live  on  a 
farm?  "  To  which  I  can  only  reply;  'It  wasn't 
meant  to  be. "  Fighting  inflation  has  be- 
come a  way  of  life  with  us,  and  we  are  now 
producing  more  of  our  food  than  we  are 
buying.  And  spiralling  food  prices  notwith- 
standing, we  are  still  operating  on  the 
same  budget  that  we  did  last  year .  .  .  and 
the  year  before  .  . .  and  the  year  before 
that.  Besides  meat  (we  raise  our  own 
chickens  and  ducks),  we  have  our  own 
honey,  maple  syrup,  jams,  jellies,  pickles 
and  a  freezer  full  of  vegetables. 

"It  wasn't  meant  to  be  a  farm  .  .  ."  Nor  do 
you  have  to  live  on  a  farm  to  reap  the 
benefits  of  the  earth.  Even  a  city  lot  offers 
a  little  space  in  the  backyard  for  a  garden. 
And  if  you  have  access  to  the  countryside 
around  you  .  . .  you'll  be  surprised  at  what 
you  can  do! 

"Okay,"  you  say.  "I'm  convinced.  But 
how  do  I  start?  And  where?  And  when?  " 


Shall  I  tell  you  where  we  start?  With  the 
maple  trees  around  our  home.  Hard  or 
soft,  maple  trees  can  be  tapped  for  syrup. 
It  takes  about  40  gallons  of  sap  to  make 
one  gallon  of  syrup.  But  a  few  trees  will 
soon  supply  that.  Then  boil  the  sap  down 
until  it  comes  off  the  spoon  in  a  thickened 
sheet.  But  don't  do  the  boiling  in  the 
house — unless  you're  prepared  to  do  your 
spring  cleaning  over  again— and  very 
thoroughly.  We  cook  our  syrup  the  old 
fashioned  way,  outdoors  over  an  open  fire. 
And  the  kids  love  it. 

Then  after  the  syrup  kettle  goes  back 
into  obscurity,  out  come  the  gardening 
tools.  Here  the  man  of  the  house  gets  his 
moment  of  glory,  and  his  hours  of  sacri- 
ficed golf  games  . .  .  and  backaches!  But 
you  (and  he)  will  find  it  worthwhile  when 
you  can  say  all  year,  "These  are  our  own 
vegetables. " 

Even  before  you  see  the  fruits  of  your 
labours,  or  even  the  first  sprouts  in  the  gar- 
den, the  nettles  are  there.  Don't  scorn 
them!  Cut,  wash  and  snip  them  into  a  small 
pan  with  one-half  cup  of  milk  and  boil 
them.  Added  to  hot,  mashed  potatoes, 
they're  delicious— and  you  don't  have  to 
worry  about  a  scratchy  throat.  Their  sting 
is  gone. 

Now,  what  about  all  those  vegetables  in 
that  painstakingly  tended  garden?  As  they 
become  ready  for  picking,  we  not  only  use 
them  fresh,  but  also  freeze  as  many  as 
possible  for  winter.  I  just  don't  buy  any 
vegetables  when  I'm  grocery  shopping — I 
don't  need  to.  If  you  have  a  freezer,  you 
will  have  a  book  of  instructions  for  freezing 


The  Editor  spent  a  happy  day  in  the 
Twinem  parsonage  in  Courtland,  Ont.  At 
mealtime,  and  in  between  I  was  treated  to 
the  unusual  scene  of  a  pantry  filled  with 
good  things— some  gathered  wild  by  the 
roadside  and  in  the  bush,  others  from  a 
garden  plot. 

Names,  common  and  exotic,  were  at- 
tached to  jams  and  jellies,  pickles  and 
preserves.  It  was  Mother  Nature  at  her 
best! 

We  were  intrigued  enough  to  ask  Mrs. 
Twinem  to  share  her  cost-cutting,  health 
promoting  system  with  our  readers. 

If  interested,  you  could  write  Rev.  &  Mrs. 
J.  Twinem,  R.R.  2,  Courtland,  Ont.  NOJ 
1E0.  Happy  eating! 


most  foods.  But  should  you  need  more  in- 
formation, a  book  is  available  free  from  the 
Dept.  of  Agriculture. 

Even  if  your  "handkerchief"  of  a  back 
yard  only  has  a  few  square  feet  of  garden 
space,  salad  greens  require  little  room  or 
attention,  and  yield  great  rewards  in  crisp, 
fresh  salads  through  the  summer  months. 

Then  there  are  the  old  stand-bys,  cu- 
cumbers and  tomatoes.  Prolific  in  yield, 
they  not  only  provide  good  eating  as  they 
ripen,  but  give  you  the  necessary  ingre- 
dients for  mouthwatering  pickles  and  reli- 
shes. Along  with  the  usual  uses,  try 
freezing  whole  tomatoes.  I  use  them  in 
homemade  soups.  Frozen  tomatoes, 
dropped  into  the  soup,  will  collect  the  fat, 
which  can  then  be  skimmed  off. 

And  did  you  know  that  green  tomatoes 
make  a  delicious  mincemeat  which  you 
and  the  family  will  enjoy  next  Christmas? 

Lets  turn  from  the  garden  now.  After  all, 
we've  titled  this  "Jam  Session  in  the  Par- 
sonage"  and  we've  not  even  mentioned 
jam  yet. 

Again  each  month  brings  its  own 
challenge.  And  for  the  novice,  the  first  step 
is  in  the  direction  of  the  grocery  store.  Buy 
a  bottle  of  certo,  take  it  home,  remove  the 
label  (carefully) — and  there  is  a  mini- 
recipe  book  for  nearly  any  kind  of  jam  or 
jelly  you  fancy.  Be  sure  you  use  the  exact 
amounts  of  fruit  and  certo  specified, 
though  you  may  reduce  the  quantity  of 
sugar  a  bit,  as  the  jams  prepared  from 
these  recipes  are  usually  quite  sweet. 

Jam  is  always  the  family  favourite— and 
homemade  jam,  well  that's  special.  Mak- 
ing jam  can  become  a  family  enterprise — 
eating  it  certainly  will!  We  don't  buy  fruit  or 
berries  for  our  jam;  we  use  only  what  we 
grow  ourselves,  or  what  is  given  to  us,  or 
wild  berries. 

Strawberries  are  the  first  on  the  scene, 
and  can  be  frozen  (if  you  can  get  them 
past  the  children's  mouths)  and  also  made 
into  jam.  The  certo  book  gives  two  recipes 
that  are  equally  good;  regular  jam  and 
freezer  jam.  This  latter  is  so  easy  to  make 
that  my  boys,  age  8  and  10  have  made  it 
for  me  while  I  do  the  regular.  It  is  a  bit  more 


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expensive,  though,  since  more  sugar  is 
required. 

Then  come  the  raspberries,  gooseber- 
ries, and  blackcurrants.  These  can  all  be 
grown  in  the  backyard,  and  all  make  deli- 
cious jams  and  jellies.  One  word  of  caution 
about  the  blackcurrants.  They  are  not 
compatable  with  pine  trees.  We  have  had 
to  give  our  bushes  away  as  they  became 
blighted  when  growing  near  white  pines. 

During  August  we  check  the  woods  for 
blackberries.  If  you've  never  worn  jeans 
before,  now  is  the  time  to  start,  and  wear  a 
long  sleeved  shirt,  no  matter  how  hot  it  is. 
Blackberry  bushes  do  not  yield  their  fruit 
without  a  struggle.  Blackberry  jam  is  deli- 
cious, but  those  with  their  "third  set  of 
teeth"  will  thank  you  for  making  jelly  in- 
stead. I  like  to  freeze  a  lot  of  these  to  use 
on  cold  winter  days  for  a  warm  dessert 
called  Blackberry  Cobbler. 

After  the  blackberries  come  the  choke- 
cherries.  Did  your  mouth  just  pucker  up  at 
the  sound  of  that  word?  It  needn't.  Choke- 
cherries,  which  you  can  find  along  the 
roadsides  nearly  anywhere,  make  ex- 
cellent jelly.  And  when  it's  cooked,  there  is 
no  "choke  "  left  in  chokecherry  jelly. 

The  last  of  nature's  free  berries  is  the 
elderberry.  If  you  watch  for  the  flower  in 
June  or  July,  then  you'll  know  where  to 
look  for  the  berries  in  late  August  or  Sep- 
tember. These  berries  are  good  for  jelly, 
and  also  can  be  frozen  to  make  pies. 

Then  last,  but  certainly  not  least,  are 
grapes.  If  your  family,  like  mine,  are  pea- 
nut butter  and  jam  fans,  this  is  one  jam  that 
is  a  must  for  you.  But  if  you  have  a  bushel 
of  grapes  at  your  feet  with  an  air  corps  of 
fruit  flies  coming  in  for  a  landing,  the 


quickest  solution  to  the  dilemma  is  grape 
juice.  Incidentally,  this  also  takes  less 
sugar — something  to  be  given  serious 
consideration  today. 

And  that's  our  "jam  session."  Don't  ex- 
pect It  to  be  all  fun,  though  it  certainly  can 
be  that.  When  I  asked  the  children  if  they 
could  remember  any  funny  experiences  to 
contribute  to  this  article,  they  looked  at  me 
and  said.  "Oh  yeah,  the  hilarious  back- 
aches and  the  very  funny  scratches. "  Sure 
it  is  work;  but  the  rewards  of  serving  your 
guests  with  food  that  you  personally  have 
prepared  more  than  compensate.  There  is 
something  very  satisfying  about  being  self 
supporting  in  a  day  when  this  has  ceased 
to  be  a  value  to  be  sought  after  by  many. 
And  when  unexpected  company  drops  in, 
watch  the  smiles  of  appreciation  when  you 
serve  them  what  to  you  is  ordinary  fare, 
but  to  them  is  special. 


To  paraphrase  Proverbs  15:17,  "Better 
is  a  dinner  of  greens  where  love  is.  than  a 
T-bone  steak  and  animosity."  Don't  apolo- 
gize for  what  you  don't  have.  But  make  the 
most  of  what  you  do.  Take  what  is  avail- 
able, and  let  the  spice  of  imagination  and 
the  sauce  of  hard  work  make  it  something 
special.  Like  the  ant.  start  now  to  prepare 
for  next  winter! 

Some  Twinem  Recipes: 
Grape  Juice 

Place  grapes  in  kettle.  Add  water  to 
come  to  one  inch  below  top  of  grapes. 
Cook  until  soft  and  mushy.  Put  through 
colander.  Measure  juice  and  add  1/3  cup 
of  sugar  and  1 12  cup  of  water  for  each  cup 
of  juice.  Mix.  Boil  together  for  5  minutes. 
Pour  into  hot,  sterilized  jars  and  seal. 

Elderberry  Pie 

Make  sufficient  pastry  for  one  double 
crust  pie.  Mix  3  cups  of  berries  with  2/3  to 
3/4  cup  of  sugar.  4  tbsp.  flour.  1  tbsp. 
lemon  juice.  Place  in  pastry  lined  pie  plate. 
Cover  with  top.  Seal  edges.  Cook  at  425 
for  15  mins.  then  lower  to  375  and  cook 
until  done. 

Green  Tomato  Mincemeat 

8  quarts  green  tomatoes,  chopped  fine. 
Wash  in  weak  brine  to  remove  all  juice: 


drain  well.  Boil  and  add  5  lbs.  brown  sugar. 
2  lbs.  raisins,  spices  (cloves,  allspice,  cin- 
namon, brandy  or  rum  flavoring,  salt  and 
vinegar,  according  to  personal  taste), 
chopped  apples.  I  also  brown  2  lbs.  ham- 
burg  and  add  it.  This  mincemeat  can  be 
canned  or  frozen. 

Blackberry  Cobbler 

Place  4  cups  of  berries  in  a  casserole. 
Mix  together  2  tbsp.  cornstarch.  3/4  cup 
brown  sugar  and  a  dash  of  salt.  Sprinkle 
this  over  the  berries.  Now  make  your  own 
recipe  for  biscuit  dough.  Spread  over  the 
berries.  Bake  in  350'  oven  until  dough  is 
nicely  browned.  Serve  warm. 

NOTE:  There  are  many  more.  Send  a 
stamped  addressed  envelope  and  per- 
haps Mrs.  Twinem  would  have  time  to 
share  some  with  you. 


PARABLE  EXPERIMENT 
YIELDS  $3,220.13  FOR  CHURCH 

LATAWANA,  Iowa  (EP)— The  United 
Methodist  Church  here  is  $3,220.13  richer 
today  because  its  minister  spurred  his  155 
members  to  participate  in  a  'parable  of  the 
talents." 

The  Rev.  David  Finestead  put  $1 ,000  of 
his  own  money  in  the  collection  plate  Sept. 
15th.  asking  his  people  to  take  out  what- 
ever they  thought  they  could  successfully 
invest. 

The  congregation  brought  back 
$3,220.13.  73  days  later. "  the  30-year-old 
minister  told  EP  News  Service.  'What's 
more,  we  had  many  new  volunteers  to 
teach  Sunday  school  classes  and  to  partic- 
ipate in  other  church  offices. " 

One  little  lady  reluctantly  took  a  dollar 
bill  out  of  the  collection  plate  as  it  passed. 
She  used  it  to  buy  sugar  and  make  apple 
jelly  from  fuit  in  her  own  back  yard.  She 
sold  the  small  jars  and  made  $40.43  profit 
for  the  church. 

"We  needed  something  like  this. "  said 
Mrs.  Tom  Willis.  "The  church  had  been 
kind  of  drifting  along.  This  has  really 
brought  the  people  together." 


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of  your  life 


AGE 


As  George  C.  Fuller  reads  through  the 
Bible,  he  discovers  seven  major  reasons 
why  the  closing  years  should  be  the  best 
years  of  all. 

Old  age  comes  suddenly  upon  us.  No 
one  knows  that  better  than  old  people. 
Like  the  passing  of  a  puff  of  steam,  like 
grass  that  so  soon  withers  and  dies,  life 
nears  its  end.  Hosea  said  of  Ephraim: 
"Aliens  devour  his  strength,  and  he  knows 
it  not;  gray  hairs  are  sprinkled  upon  him, 
and  he  knows  it  not"  (7:9). 

Sorrow  and  sickness,  loneliness  and 
despair  often  accompany  advancing 
years.  Cicero  wrote  of  this:  "When  I  con- 
sider in  my  mind  I  find  four  causes  why  old 
age  is  thought  miserable:  one,  that  it  calls 
us  away  from  the  transactions  of  affairs; 
the  second,  that  it  renders  the  body  more 
feeble;  the  third,  that  it  deprives  us  of  al- 
most all  pleasures;  the  fourth,  that  it  is  not 
very  far  from  death." 

No  one  can  ignore  or  remove  such 
problems  that  old  age  brings.  But  Chris- 
tians share  God's  best  in  life,  even  in  old 
age.  Old  age  from  a  biblical  perspective  is 
life  transformed,  life  renewed,  life  filled 
with  blessings  and  opportunities. 

Old  age  at  its  best  is  a  time  of  wisdom 
and  faith.  "Wisdom  Is  with  the  aged,  and 
understanding  in  length  of  days"  (Job 
12:12).  Prov.  4:1  calls  upon  the  young  to 
heed  the  wisdom  of  those  who  are  older. 
The  elders  among  us  have  the  great  ad- 
vantage of  experience  and  the  perspective 
of  years.  They  can  bring  into  any  discus- 
sion, into  life  itself,  views  and  wisdom  not 
Influenced  unduly  by  excited  passion  or 
momentary  impulse.  Youth  needs  that  kind 
of  balance. 


How  unwise  to  ignore  the  wisdom  of  old 
age.  One  of  the  kings  of  Israel  did  so.  "And 
the  king  answered  the  people  harshly,  and 
forsaking  the  counsel  which  the  old  men 
had  given  him,  he  spoke  to  them  according 
to  the  counsel  of  the  young  men  .  .  ."  (I 
Kings  12:13-14).  As  a  result  a  kingdom 
was  divided,  decimated,  almost  destroyed. 

Age  Confirms  Truth 

Faith  also  marks  the  best  old  age.  A 
larger  experience  in  Christ  confirms  the 
truth  cherished  for  many  years.  Such  faith 
has  survived  doubts  and  challenges;  it  has 
been  refined  in  the  fire.  Out  of  the  struggle, 
not  always  victorious,  against  temptation 
and  sin,  it  emerges  stronger. 

Of  course,  length  of  years  does  not  nec- 
essarily bring  depth  of  wisdom  and  faith. 
Years  are  filled  with  opportunity  and  ac- 
countability. Some  old  people  may  only 
have  achieved  a  greater  proportion  of  guilt 
as  they  near  the  judgment  of  God.  But,  at 
its  best,  old  age  is  a  time  of  wisdom  and 
faith. 

God  wants  old  people  to  share  their  wis- 
dom and  faith.  Exod.  10:2  is  a  command  to 
grandparents:  ".  .  .  you  may  tell  in  the 
hearing  of  your  son  and  of  your  son's  son 
how  I  have  made  sport  of  the  Egyptians 
and  what  signs  I  have  done  among  them; 
that  you  may  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. " 
They  were  to  relate  to  their  grandchildren 
the  story  of  God's  great  deliverance. 

God  did  not  command  that  old  people 
should  tell  of  their  achievements  and  ex- 
periences, what  they  had  done,  what  they 
had  seen  and  heard.  They  were  to  recite  to 
the  next  generations  the  faithfulness  and 
power  of  God.  What  an  experience  it  is  to 
hear  shut-ins,  people  suffering,  people  in 
pain,  people  near  death,  tell  of  the  God  of 
Israel  who  remains  faithful  (Heb.  13:8). 

Old  age  at  its  best  is,  therefore,  a  time 
of  memory.  When  Samuel  was  old,  he 
spoke  to  the  people  of  Israel,  "And  now, 
behold,  the  king  walks  before  you:  and  I 
am  old  and  gray,  and  behold,  my  sons  are 
with  you;  and  I  have  walked  before  you 
from  my  youth  until  this  day"  (I  Sam.  1 2:2). 
Then  he  recounted  some  of  the  experi- 
ences of  his  life.  His  earlier  years  were 
worth  remembering,  as  the  grace  of  God 
blessed  him  and  guided  God's  man  into 
His  own  will. 

Build  On  The  IMemories 

Of  course  old  age  must  be  more  than  a 
living  in  the  past,  a  remembering  of  hap- 
pier years,  now  long  gone.  The  Bible 
speaks  of  going  on  from  strength  to 
strength.  The  joys  and  sorrows,  triumphs 
and  tragedies  of  the  years  become  the 
building  blocks  on  which  to  construct  the 
present  and  anticipate  the  future.  What  a 
blessing  to  share  the  joy  and  exuberance 
of  the  psalmist,  "I  will  call  to  mind  the 
deeds  of  the  Lord;  yea,  I  will  remember 
thy  wonders  of  old"  (Ps.  77:1 1 ). 


Old  age  is  a  time  of  respect,  according 
to  the  biblical  pattern.  The  writer  of  Prov. 
23:22  commands  the  younger  generation: 
"Hearken  to  your  father  who  begot  you, 
and  do  not  despise  your  mother  when  she 
is  old."  Moses  directed  the  people  of  God 
to  have  high  regard  for  their  elders,  vir- 
tually equating  such  an  attitude  with  true 
worship:  "You  shall  rise  up  before  the 
hoary  head,  and  honor  the  face  of  an  old 
man,  and  you  shall  fear  your  God:  I  am  the 
Lord"  (Lev.  19:32). 

Age  Alone  Doesn't  Earn  Respect 

Older  people  should  understand  that 
such  respect  from  younger  people  is  not 
automatic.  When  Paul  wrote  to  Philemon, 
he  claimed  authority  as  "Paul  the  aged," 
but  it  was  Paul,  not  just  anybody.  His  life 
and  his  relationship  to  Philemon  had  been 
worthy  of  the  respect  and  honor  of  others. 
Old  age  at  its  best  is  virtuous  old  age,  and 
possession  of  godliness  should  accom- 
pany the  claim  to  respect. 

It  will  be  only  small  comfort  to  the  older 
people  today  to  know  that  they  are  not  the 
first  to  be  denied  the  respect  of  the  young. 
Others  before  them  have  been  the  sub- 
jects of  ridicule  and  abuse.  "Elisha  went  up 
from  there  to  Bethel;  and  while  he  was 
going  up  on  the  way,  some  small  boys 
came  out  of  the  city  and  jeered  at  him,  say- 
ing, "Go  up,  you  baldhead!  Go  up,  you 
baldhead!"  And  he  turned  around,  and 
when  he  saw  them,  he  cursed  them  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord"  (II  Kings  2:23-24). 

Lack  of  respect  for  the  elderly  is  a  sign  of 
a  nation  in  upheaval.  Isaiah  speaks  of 
such  a  people  under  the  judgment  of  God; 
a  nation  about  to  be  destroyed:  "And  the 
people  will  oppress  one  another,  every 
man  his  fellow  and  every  man  his  neigh- 
bor; the  youth  will  be  insolent  to  the  elder, 
and  the  base  fellow  to  the  honorable"'  (Isa. 
3:5). 

Old  age  is  also  a  time  for  a  proper  view 
of  death.  Christians  are  free  to  speak  of 
death.  In  fact  they  must  do  so,  for  their 
God  and  His  Son  offer  resources  to  face  all 
of  life,  even  the  great  reality  of  death. 
Others  may  avoid  the  subject;  some  may 
even  fear  to  use  the  word.  How  foolish  to 
ignore  a  sequence  that  has  universal  ex- 
perience to  substantiate  it — birth,  youth, 
maturity,  old  age,  death.  After  old  age 
comes  death. 

Death  is  not  nothing.  But  it  is  also  not 
horrible,  not  for  the  Christian.  It  is  rather  a 
thing  of  joy.  In  calm  meditation  old  age  can 
be  a  time  of  getting  ready  for  a  meeting 
with  Jesus,  you  and  He  both  fully  alive. 
What  a  shame  it  would  be  to  waste  old 
age  on  the  young.  Hear  Paul:  "For  to  me  to 
live  is  Christ,  and  to  die  is  gain"  (Phil. 
1:21). 

Old  age  at  its  best  is  also  a  time  of 
youthful  vigor.  Other  "strengths'  may 
fail,  but  the  grace  of  God  endures  and  can 
be  realized  in  greater  abundance.  "Even 


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youths  shall  faint  and  be  weary,  and  young 
men  shall  tall  exhausted;  but  they  who  wait 
for  the  Lord  shall  renew  their  strength,  they 
shall  mount  up  with  wings  as  eagles,  they 
shall  run  and  not  be  weary,  they  shall  walk 
and  not  faint"  (Isa.  40:31).  While  the  out- 
ward man  grows  weak,  the  inner  man  can 
be  renewed  day  by  day. 

The  Old  Can  Be  Young 

A  youthful  outlook  is  not  the  privilege 
only  of  the  young.  In  the  midst  of  advanc- 
ing years,  in  fact  just  before  his  death, 
tyloses  gave  his  stirring  farewell  message 
to  the  people  of  Israel  (Deuteronomy  4). 
He  called  them  to  live  in  the  present,  a  day 
of  privilege  (v.  4),  advantage  (vv.  8,  20), 
warning  (v.  26)  and  commitment  (vv.  39- 
40).  The  love  of  Jesus  is  indeed  "sweeter 
as  the  years  go  by."  Old  age  can  be  a  lime 
of  renewed  vitality,  spiritual  vigor. 

But  old  age,  like  any  age,  is  also  a  time 
of  service.  "The  righteous  flourish  like  the 
palm  tree  .  .  .  They  still  bring  forth  fruit  in 
old  age"  (Ps.  92:12-15).  Some  challenges 
can  no  longer  be  accepted;  physical  en- 
ergy is  just  not  available.  But  other  service 
often  more  valuable,  can  be  rendered 
toward  the  close  of  life.  Joshua  in  younger 
years  had  served  in  espionage,  as  Moses' 
lieutenant,  as  an  heroic  warrior.  But  at  the 
end  of  the  book  of  Joshua,  the  last  chapter 
of  his  life,  he  stands  in  dignity  and  serenity 
to  render  a  high  spiritual  service  to  his  God 
and  people.  For  Joshua  the  best  was  last. 
God  is  not  through  using  people  just  be- 
cause they  happen  to  be  old.  Surely  this 
was  true  of  Samson:  "So  the  dead  whom 


he  slew  at  his  death  were  more  than  those 
whom  he  had  slain  during  his  life"  (Judg. 
16:30). 

What  can  older  people  do?  Pray.  Tell 
your  minister  that  you  count  it  a  privilege  to 
pray  for  the  needs  of  which  he  may  be 
aware.  Visit.  Who  is  there  better  to  call  on 
older  people,  to  minister  to  shut-ins,  to  visit 
those  in  retirement  homes,  to  do  evange- 
lism among  the  old  and  lonely?  Read 
stories  to  children  in  a  day  care  center. 
Babysit  one  morning  a  week  for  young 
mothers  in  your  church.  Volunteer  for 
something.  Is  there  a  Retired  Senior  Vol- 
unteer Program  (RSVP)  in  your  area?  Use 
your  telephone;  call  some  folks  who  live 
alone,  just  to  know  that  they  are  well. 

Disraeli  once  made  this  statement: 
"Youth  is  a  mistake,  manhood  a  struggle, 
old  age  a  regret."  He  was  wrong.  Youth, 
manhood  and  old  age  can  be  transformed 
by  a  God  who  delights  in  doing  just  that. 
Youth  is  not  better.  Each  age  has  its 
hardships,  its  temptations,  its  triumphs. 
But  each  also  has  a  glory  of  its  own. 

Stand  with  Rabbi  Ben  Ezra  and  say, 
"Grow  old  along  with  me!  The  best  is  yet  to 
be,  the  last  of  life  for  which  the  first  was 
made  .  .  ."  Pray  with  the  psalmist:  "So 
even  to  old  age  and  gray  hairs,  O  God,  do 
not  forsake  me,  till  I  proclaim  thy  might  to 
all  the  generations  to  come"  (Ps.  71 :1 8). 


Reprinted  by  permission  from  Eternity 
Magazine, 

copyright  1974,  The  Evangelical  Founda- 
tion, 
1716  Spruce  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  19103. 


COMPASSION  FOR  ELDERS 

SEEN  AS  TEST  OF  SOCIETY'S 

GREATNESS 

NASHVILLE  (EP)— A  leading  authority 
in  the  field  of  aging  said  here  that  one  of 
the  tests  of  a  great  society  is  the  "compas- 
sion and  respect  shown  to  its  elders." 

David  A.  Affeldt,  chief  counsel  of  the 
Special  Committee  on  Aging  in  the  U.S. 
Senate,  addressed  a  banquet  group  of 
more  than  200  Southern  Baptists  gathered 
here  for  the  denomination's  premier  Con- 
ference on  Aging. 

The  conference,  which  lasted  three 
days,  was  the  denomination's  first  major 
effort  to  implement  a  1973  SBC  resolution 
calling  for  increased  attention  to  develop- 
ing program  plans  and  resources  in  the 
aging  field. 

While  the  speaker  could  point  to  real 
gains  for  the  aged  (68.5  per  cent  increase 
in  Social  Security  benefits,  enactment  of 
the  historic  Medicare  legislation,  establish- 
ment of  a  national  hot  meals  program,  cre- 
ation of  a  national  senior  service  corps  and 
passage  of  a  comprehensive  pension  re- 
form package),  he  said  the  nation  has 
■'struck  out"  by  not  solving  many  "every- 
day problems  affecting  older  Americans. " 


In  the  last  issue  of  the  Recorder  we  carried  a 
tract-article  "Getting  Ready  to  Move."  Mrs. 
Walter  Davison  of  VanKleek  Hill,  Ont.  sent  us 
this  poem  as  a  follow  up. 


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WRITE  MELVIN  L.  STEINMANN,  DEPT.  OF  STEWARDSHIP, 
ONTARIO  BIBLE  COLLEGE 


My  lease  will  soon  be  up 

and  I  must  move 

the  notice  came 

quite  unexpectedly 

while  I  was  hard  at  work  one  day 

patching  up  cracks 

in  my  old  weather  beaten 

house  of  clay. 

Now  I  am  thinking  more  about 

my  new  home  "over  there  " — 

that  heavenly  dwelling-place 

Christ  promised  to  prepare 

and  I  am  wondering 

if  somehow  it  could  be  so 

my  mansion  will  be  furnished 

with  the  treasures  and  the  trinkets 

I've  laid  up  while  here  below. 

Eyes  dimmed  from  feverish  work 

and  garish  lights 

focus  more  clearly  now 

and  I  can  see 

I  should  have  invested 

less  down  here 

and  more  in  Eternity. 

— Erma  Davison 


Another  "Family"  letter  to  pass  on  to  your  16 
year  old. 

Dear  Beth: 

Today  you  are  sweet  sixteen!  Happy 
Birthday!  This  year  is  the  mid-point  of  your 
teens.  13,  14,  and  15  are  behind  you.  17, 
18  and  19  are  before  you.  That  means 
you're  a  "middle-aged"  teenager!. 

During  the  past  three  years  you  have 
blossomed  physically.  You  have  been 
transformed  from  a  girl  into  a  woman.  Your 
height,  shoe  size,  weight  and  all  other 
dimensions  have  now  essentially  been  es- 
tablished for  life.  The  Lord  has  been  very 
kind  to  you  in  making  you  the  custodian  of 
an  attractive  temple  in  which  He  dwells.  As 
a  committed  Christian  may  you  always 
keep  your  body  healthy  and  holy. 

In  these  remaining  teen  years  your  un- 
folding personality  will  continue  to  flower. 
The  real  "you"  is  still  pliable.  Before  it  gels 
make  certain  that  every  facet  has  been 
molded  by  the  lyiaster.  When  you  were  a 
little  girl  you  responded  in  faith  and  love  to 
the  Saviour.  May  that  same  child-like  faith 
and  love  draw  you  daily  into  that  quiet 
trysting  place  alone  with  Him.  Discover 
Christ  in  all  His  beauty.  And  in  so  doing 
you  will  discover  yourself,  gloriously  ful- 
filled in  Him. 

Having  made  life's  greatest  commitment 
to  the  Lordship  of  Jesus  Chhst.  there  are 
now  three  major  decisions  that  you  must 
face  in  the  next  decade:  your  education, 
your  vocation,  and  your  life's  partner. 

YOUR  EDUCATION.  As  you  near  the 
completion  of  High  School  you  must  con- 
sider most  prayerfully  the  next  step  in  your 
learning  process.  Many  fine  options  are 
open  to  you.  But  whatever  form  your  edu- 
cation takes,  it  should  contain  a  compre- 
hensive and  in-depth  training  in  the 
Bible— life's  greatest  textbook.  Prepare 
yourself  as  thoroughly  as  you  can.  Don't 
quit  school  until  you  should,  but  don't  stay 
in  school  when  you  shouldn't.  Education  is 
work,  it  is  time-consuming  and  it  is  expen- 
sive. Like  your  mother  and  me.  you  too  will 
probably  have  to  pay  the  bulk  of  the  costs 
yourself.  But  the  God  Who  provided  for  us 
will  also  provide  for  you  as  long  as  you  pur- 
sue His  perfect  will.  So  welcome  to  the 
great  adventure  of  higher  education! 

YOUR  VOCATION.  Unless  the  Lord  has 
called  you  to  go  through  life  single,  the 
most  exciting  and  fulfilling  vocation  for  you 
is  that  of  wife,  homemaker  and  mother.  But 
God  may  also  lead  you  to  train  for  some 
other  career  as  well.  Your  vocation  should 


not  only  be  compatible  with  your  interests 
and  abilities,  but  above  all  with  the  fulfill- 
ment of  Christ's  Great  Commission  to  go 
with  the  Gospel  to  your  needy  world.  We 
want  you  to  become  whatever  God  wants 
you  to  be.  Whatever  your  vocation  make 
certain  you  are  a  full-time  Christian! 

YOUR  LIFE'S  PARTNER.  I  look  fonward 
to  the  day  when,  in  God's  good  will,  I'll 
walk  down  the  aisle  with  you  on  my  arm  to 
give  you  away  to  the  affection  and  protec- 
tion of  the  man  God  has  chosen  for  you.  It 
is  not  that  your  Mom  and  I  want  to  get  rid  of 
you,  but  we  know  the  blessed  fulfillment  of 
marriage  and  we  are  eager  for  you  to  ex- 
perience the  same  "in  the  fullness  of  time. " 
There  will  be  many  suitors  for  your  love. 
But  for  the  next  several  years  you  will  be 
wise  to  guard  yourself  from  distracting  in- 
volvements that  would  frustrate  your  prep- 
arations for  life.  There's  tenderness  in  a 
touch,  and  there's  commitment  in  a  kiss. 
So  seek  to  save  these  sacred  tokens  of 
your  affection  for  that  wonderful  young 
man  whom  the  Lord  has  chosen  to  be  your 
husband.  At  the  right  time  and  in  the  right 
place  you'll  meet  him.  as  long  as  your  total 
heart  devotion  is  to  Jesus  Christ  and  your 
passionate  pursuit  is  to  do  His  will.  Mar- 
riage is  a  choice  fruit,  but  don't  pick  it  till  it's 
ripe! 

The  future  before  you  is  filled  with  many 
uncertainties.  In  the  next  few  years  your 
world  will  suffer  some  of  the  greatest 
tragedies  of  human  history.  But  God  can 
make  you  an  adequate  person  in  the  midst 
of  it  all.  He  has  given  you  hundreds  of 
promises  in  His  Word.  Learn  them,  believe 
them,  love  them  and  act  upon  them.  Trust 
Him  in  your  sorrows  as  well  as  your  joys. 
Trust  Him  in  your  weakness  as  well  as 
your  strength.  Trust  Him  in  your  questions 
as  well  as  your  answers.  People  can  fail 
you,  but  He'll  never  fail.  Circumstances 
can  swamp  you,  but  He  can  keep  you  from 
drowning.  Heaven  and  earth  will  soon 
pass  away,  but  His  Word  stands  true  for- 
ever. So  "Keep  your  heart  with  all  dili- 
gence, for  out  of  it  are  the  issues  of  life." 

Look  forward  with  joy  to  Christ's  soon  re- 
turn— very  possibly  in  your  lifetime!  Pre- 
pare for  the  future  as  though  you  have  a 
full  life  before  you.  but  live  as  though  you'll 
meet  the  Lord  tomorrow.  Let  the  Holy 
Spirit.  Who  indwells  you.  also  fill  you  daily, 
and  guide  you.  instruct  you.  comfort  you 
and  perfect  everything  that  concerns  you. 

Be  assured.  Beth,  that  your  Mom  and  I 
are  committed  to  the  Lord's  best  for  you. 
Expect  us  to  act  as  parents  who  feel 
keenly  our  responsibility  under  God  to  help 
you  become  a  complete  and  beautiful 
woman  of  God.  I  pray  that  you  may  be  like 
your  wonderful  Mother — "a  virtuous 
woman  whose  price  is  far  above  rubies. " 
We  love  you  deeply. 
Your  Mom  and  Dad 

Note:  Jim  Reese  and  his  wife  wrote  this  letter  to 
their  Beth.  He  is  with  the  Campbell-Reese 
Evangelistic  Team. 


LISTEN  SON  .  .  . 

I  am  saying  this  to  you  as  you  lie  asleep, 
one  little  paw  crumpled  under  your  cheek 
and  the  blond  curls  stickily  wet  on  your 
damp  forehead.  I  have  stolen  into  your 
room  alone.  Just  a  few  minutes  ago  as  I 
sat  reading  my  paper  in  the  library,  a  hot 
stifling  wave  of  remorse  swept  over  me.  I 
could  not  resist  it.  Guilty  I  come  to  your 
bedside. 

These  are  the  things  I  was  thinking,  son. 
I  had  been  cross  with  you.  I  scolded  you  as 
you  were  dressing  for  school  because  you 
gave  your  face  merely  a  dab  with  a  towel.  I 
took  you  to  task  for  not  cleaning  your 
shoes.  I  called  out  angrily  when  I  found 
you  had  thrown  some  of  your  things  on  the 
floor. 

At  breakfast  I  found  fault,  too.  You 
spilled  things.  You  gulped  down  your  food: 
you  put  your  elbows  on  the  table.  You 
spread  butter  too  thick  on  your  bread.  And 
as  you  started  off  to  play  and  as  I  made  for 
the  train,  you  turned  and  waved  a  little 
hand  and  called,  'Good-bye  Daddy!"  and  I 
frowned  and  said  in  reply,  "Hold  your 
shoulders  back. " 

Then  I  began  all  over  again  in  the  late  af- 
ternoon. As  I  came  up  the  hill  road  I  spied 
you  down  on  your  knees  playing  marbles. 
There  were  holes  in  your  stockings.  I 
humiliated  you  before  your  boy  friends  by 
making  you  march  ahead  of  me  back  to 
the  house.  Stockings  were  expensive — 
and  if  you  had  to  buy  them  you  would  be 
more  careful!  Imagine  that,  son.  from  a  fa- 
ther. It  was  such  stupid,  silly  logic. 

Do  you  remember,  later,  when  I  was 
reading  in  the  library,  you  came  in  softly, 
timidly,  with  a  sort  of  f:urt,  hunted  look  in 
your  eyes?  When  I  glanced  over  my  paper, 
impatient  at  the  interruption,  you  hesitated 
at  the  door.  "What  is  it  you  want?"  I  snap- 
ped. 

You  said  nothing,  but  ran  across,  in  one 
tempestuous  plunge,  and  threw  your  arms 
around  my  neck  and  kissed  me,  again  and 
again,  your  small  arms  tightening  with  af- 
fection that  God  set  blooming  in  your 
heart,  and  which  even  neglect  could  not 
wither.  Then  you  were  gone,  pattering  up 
the  stairs. 

Well,  son,  it  was  shortly  afterwards  that 
my  paper  slipped  from  my  hands  and  a  ter- 
rible, sickening  fear  came  over  me.  Sud- 
denly I  saw  myself  as  I  really  was,  in  all  my 
horrible  selfishness,  and  I  felt  sick  at  heart. 

What  has  habit  been  doing  with  me? 
The  habit  of  complaining,  of  finding  fault,  of 
reprimanding — all  of  these  were  my  re- 
wards to  you  for  being  a  boy.  It  was  not 
that  I  did  not  love  you:  it  was  that  I  ex- 
pected so  much  of  youth.  I  was  measuring 
you  by  the  yardstick  of  my  own  years. 

And  there  was  so  much  that  was  good 
and  fine  and  true  in  your  character.  You 
did  not  deserve  my  treatment  of  you,  son. 
The  little  heart  of  you  was  as  big  as  the 
dawn  itself  over  the  wide  hills.  All  this  was 


ONTARIO  BIBLE  COLLEGE/MARCH  1975 


shown  by  your  spontaneous  impulse  to 
rush  and  kiss  me  goodnight.  Nothing  else 
matters  tonight,  son.  I  have  come  to  your 
bedside  in  the  darkness,  and  I  have  knelt 
there  choking  with  emotion  and  so  asham- 
ed! It  is  a  feeble  atonement.  I  know  you 
would  not  understand  these  things  if  I  told 
them  to  you  during  your  waking  hours,  yet  I 
must  say  what  I  am  saying.  I  must  burn 
sacrificial  fires,  alone,  here  in  your  bed- 
room and  make  tree  confession.  And  I 
have  prayed  God  to  strengthen  me  in  my 
new  resolve.  Tomorrow  I  hope  to  be  a  real 
Daddy!  I  will  chum  with  you,  suffer  when 
you  suffer  and  laugh  when  you  laugh.  I  will 
bite  my  tongue  when  impatient  words 
come.  I  will  keep  saying  as  if  it  were  a  rit- 
ual: "He  is  but  a  boy — a  little  boy!" 

I  am  afraid  I  have  visualized  you  as  a 
man.  Yet  as  I  see  you  now,  son,  crumpled 
and  weary  in  your  cot,  I  see  that  you  are 
still  a  baby.  Yesterday  you  were  in  your 
mother's  arms,  your  head  upon  her  shoul- 
der. I  have  asked  too  much — too  much. 

Dear  boy!  Dear  little  son!  A  penitent  fa- 
ther kneels  at  your  infant  shrine,  here  in 
the  moonlight.  I  kiss  the  little  fingers,  the 
damp  forehead  and  the  yellow  curls.  Tears 
came,  and  heartache  and  remorse,  and 
also  a  greater,  deeper  love,  when  you  ran 
through  the  library  door  and  wanted  to  kiss 
me." 


THE  SHRINE  OF  SLEEPING 
CHILDHOOD 

"I  do  not  know  of  a  better  shrine  before 
which  a  father  or  mother  may  kneel  or 
stand  than  that  of  a  sleeping  child.  I  do  not 
know  of  a  holier  place,  a  temple  where  one 
is  more  likely  to  come  into  closer  touch 
with  all  that  is  infinitely  good,  where  one 
may  come  nearer  to  seeing  and  feeling 
God.  From  that  shrine  come  the  fresh, 
pure  love  and  laughter  of  trust  and  cheer  to 
bless  the  new  day,  and  before  that  shrine 
should  fall  the  soft  vespers,  our  grateful 
benedictions  for  the  night.  At  the  cot  of  a 
sleeping  babe  all  man-made  ranks  and 
inequalities  are  ironed  out,  and  all  mankind 
kneels  reverently  before  the  living  image  of 
the  Creator.  To  understand  a  child,  to  go 
back  and  grow  up  sympathetically  with  it, 
to  hold  its  love  and  confidences,  to  be  ac- 
cepted by  it  without  fear  or  restraint  as  a 
companion  and  playmate,  is  just  about  the 
greatest  good  fortune  that  can  come  to  any 
man  or  woman  in  this  world. 

"And  I  am  passing  this  confession' 
along  to  you  and  all  fathers  who  may  be 
privileged  to  read  it,  and  for  the  benefit  of 
the  little  fellers—the  growing,  earth-bless- 
ing little  Jimmies— and  the  Billys  and 
fyiarys  and  Janes  of  this  very  good  world  of 
ours. " 

— Author  Unknown 


NEW  APPOINTMENT  TO 
STEWARDSHIP  DEPT. 

We  are  pleased  to  announce  the  ap- 
pointment of  Mr.  Larry  Gillians  to  serve  in 
our  Stewardship  Department  as  Field  Rep- 
resentative (Minister  of  Stewardship).  He 
began  his  service  at  Ontario  Bible  College 
in  November,  and  will  serve  as  our  College 
representative  in  Eastern  Ontario  and 
Quebec. 

We  welcome  Larry  and  his  wife  to  the 
O.B.C.  family  and  ministry. 


WHAT  DO  YOU  DO 
ABOUT  STRESS? 


T 


wenty  prominent  Canadians.  All  of  them 
household  names,  and  the  majority  of 
them  contributors  to  our  entertainment,  po- 
litical or  industrial  life.  And  each  one  was 
asked:  "What  do  you  do  about  stress? 
When  you  are  uptight?  When  things  begin 
to  crack? " 

And  the  twenty  answers  reflected  their 
personal  philosophies  of  life  and  work.  But 
not  one  spoke  of  hidden,  inner,  spiritual 
resources.  Not  one  spoke  of  prayer  and  its 
power.  None  suggested  that  "if  any  man 
lack  wisdom,  let  him  ask  of  God,  Who 
giveth  to  all  men  liberally  and  upbraideth 
not. '  Or  "they  that  wait  upon  the  Lord  shall 
renew  their  strength." 

Little  wonder  that  people  have  nervous 
breakdowns,  commit  suicide,  break  up 
their  families  or  simply  have  a  personality 
change.  For  the  human  resources  that  do 
not  reach  out  to  God  are  indeed  frail  and 
break  so  easily. 

Man  needs  God,  and  in  Him  alone  are 
the  issues  of  life.  He's  the  One  to  turn  to 
when  under  stress,  pressure  or  faced  with 
problems  too  big  to  handle.  Let  God  be 
God.  And  relax. 


DONORS  IN  THE  U.S. 

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purposes,  if  you  send  your  gift  for  Ontario 
Bible  College  through 

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It  comes  without  deduction,  through  this 
non  profit  organization.  We  are  grateful  for 
their  help. 

Canadian  Donors:  Remember  you  can 
give  up  to  20%  for  donations  to  the  Lord's 
work.  Remember  O.B.C! 


DR.  D.  A.  LEGGETT 
HAS  SPECIAL  ASSIGNMENT 

Our  Dr.  Leggett  will  carry  his  teaching 
gifts  to  the  Summer  School  of  Biblical 
Studies,  Continuing  Education  Division,  of 
Sir  Sandford  Fleming  College,  Lindsay, 
Ont.  this  summer. 

Prof.  Leggett  will  join  with  a  group  of 
evangelical  teachers,  sharing  his  Old  Tes- 
tament insights  into  the  history  and  religion 
of  early  Israel  as  his  area  of  study. 

Anyone  interested  in  this  Summer 
School  of  Biblical  Studies  (July  2-18) 
should  write  for  a  brochure : 

Sir  Sandford  Fleming  College 

P.O.  Box  8000 

Lindsay,  Ont.  K9V4S6 


HELP! 
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REQUIRED  TO  CARE  FOR  OUR  EX- 
PANDING CAMPUS.  MUST  BE  AVAIL- 
ABLE BY  JUNE. 

PLEASE  CONTACT: 

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THIS  COULD  BE  YOUR 
CHRISTIAN  SERVICE! 


A  COLUMN  OF 


Newsy  tidbits  still  come  to  our  attention. 
Some  are  interesting  but  of  not  great  im- 
portance: some  carry  a  degree  of  import 
but  in  a  small  way.  Some  are  far  from  trivial 
in  our  contemporary  sense. 

The  word  TRIVIA  is  of  Latin  derivation 
meaning  "belonging  to  the  crossroads." 
(tri=  three:  via=way).  That's  where  some 
of  our  news  is — at  the  crossroads  where 
there  is  much  travel.  So  if  you  can  see 
here,  only  some  pieces  of  news  that  we 
would  like  to  pass  on  to  you,  that  is  the 
reason  for  the  column  and  the  caption. 

For  instance  .  .  . 

"Do  you,  and  your  family,  know  that 

.  .  .when  you  "sign  on  the  dotted  line"  for 
a  new  car — or  for  anything  on  a  time 
payment  plan — the  documents  you  sign 
may  become  a  "Negotiable  Instrument" 
which  could  be  sold  to  other  individuals  or 
companies,  over  and  over  again?  You 
could  find  yourself  owing  money  to  some- 
one you  never  heard  of! 

.  .  .  you  should  think  twice  before  lend- 
ing your  car  to  anyone?  You  may  become 
liable  for  damages  if  you  lend  your  car  to  a 
friend  for  a  few  minutes  ...  or  to  your  son 
for  a  special  date. 

...  if  you  sell  your  house  to  someone 
who  assumes  your  mortgage,  you  may 
still  be  responsible  if  your  buyer  fails  to 
keep  up  payments? 

.  .  .  should  you  become  physically  disab- 
led, it  is  your  responsibility  to  immediately 
notify  Provincial  Authorities  to  determine  if 
your  Drivers  License  should  be  canceled 
or  replaced  with  one  subject  to  driving  re- 
strictions? 

...  a  great  many  Canadian  (and  Chris- 
tian) men  die  without  leaving  a  proper  will 
and  thus  expose  their  families  to  needless 
grief  and  financial  hardships? 

.  . .  you  may  be  held  responsible  for 
damages  your  youngster  causes? 

(courtesy  of  the  C.A.A.) 

OFFICIALS  SAY  PRAYER 
HELPS  CROPS 

NEW  YORK — Experimenters  on  an 
Ohio  farm  say  they  have  "proof"  that  crops 
that  have  been  the  object  of  prayer  yielded 
larger  harvests. 

The  case  was  termed  by  AP  Religion 
Writer  George  Cornell  as  an  example  of 
recent  stepped-up  interest  in  psychic  phe- 
nomena. 

"Somehow  God's  creative  energy  of 
growth  can  be  channeled  through  us  even 
to  plants,"  declared  Gus  Alexander  of 
Wright  State  University  in  Cornell's  col- 
umn. 

The  experiment  was  carried  out  on  a 


soybean  field  near  Jamestown,  Ohio,  east 
of  Dayton,  with  prayer  attention  of  a  church 
group  focused  on  six  designated  plots,  but 
not  on  six  adjoining  control  plots. 

Dr.  Alexander  told  the  AP  newsman  that 
the  yield  of  soybeans  receiving  the  special 
attention  was  increased  by  four  per  cent 
over  the  comparable  control  plot,  even 
though  the  experiment  had  extended  over 
only  a  third  of  the  growing  season. 

"If  put  to  use,  our  psychic  abilities — our 
abilities  of  prayer — could  vastly  improve 
the  world's  food  supply, "  Alexander  stated. 

Note:  God  can  increase  the  yield,  since 
He  is  Lord  of  the  harvest.  But  words  or 
prayers  per  se  only  add  carbon  dioxide  to 
the  air.  In  itself  a  helpful  property  for  plant 
growth.  But  plants  "responding"  to  prayer? 
Uh-uh. 

THE  GREAT  ANIMAL  FARM 

The  December  23  issue  of  Time  carried 
the  cover  picture  of  a  spaniel  whose  liquid 
eyes  peered  at  7  or  8  million  readers.  In- 
side the  issue  were  5  pages  (including  a 
canine  horoscope  yet!  This  is  not  one  of 
those  places  where  'the  devils  also  be- 
lieve and  tremble,"  James  2:19.  Instead 
they  must  be  having  one  of  the  few  laughs 
of  their  nefarious  careers)  of  such  "pettish" 
journalism  that  I  never  expected  to  find  in  a 
reputable  magazine. 

But  if  they  are  simply  reporting  "news " 
at  Christmas  time  when  we  usually  think  of 
God's  gift;  or  during  some  of  the  worst 
world  famines  in  history,  then  there  is 
something  wrong  with  the  news  source. 

Is  this  wrong?  Spending  2.5  billion 
dollars  a  year  on  prepared  pet  food  alone 
(6  times  more  than  that  spent  on  baby 
food:  more  than  enough  to  feed  the  world's 
starving  people!)? 

Food,  clothing  (a  hounds  tooth  jacket, 
gold  jewelry,  black  lace  panties,  lame  eve- 
ning gown,  top  hat,  tails),  and  all  the 
stylings  of  hair,  feathers  and  fur  that  cost 
fortunes  to  secure,  all  to  pretty  up  a  pet? 

There's  nothing  wrong  with  pets.  They 
are  lovely,  companionable,  helpful  and 
often  useful.  But  God's  highest  creation 
and  His  greatest  concern  is  man  in  whom 
He  breathed  the  breath  of  life.  It  is  to  man 
that  He  sent  His  Son  and  to  whom  He 
commands  and  commends  Jesus'  follow- 
ers. Let's  be  sure  of  our  value  system. 

OR  WHAT  DO  YOU  THINK  OF 
THIS? 

(And  we  are  quoting  a  religious  periodi- 
cal! Not  the  Recorder!) 

"It  seems  most  appropriate  to  the  edi- 
tors of  this  journal,  (see  end),  dedicated  as 


it  is  to  dialogue,  that  they  be  particularly 
sensitive  to  the  importance  of  language, 
and  especially  as  it  is  used  and  perceived 
by  various  groups  of  humans.  Hence,  they 
believe  it  is  also  most  appropriate  that  they 
be  sensitive  to  the  new  awareness  of  the 
way  sex  is  used  in  language,  so  as  not  to 
derogate  in  any  way  from  the  equal  dignity 
of  women  with  men  .  .  . 

"All  authors  who  submit  material  ...  are 
asked  whenever  possible  to  follow  the 
guidelines  below  unless  there  are  specific 
reasons — such  as  direct  quotation — for 
not  doing  so: 

"1.  Avoid  the  generic  use  of  the  word 
"man, "  both  by  itself  and  in  compounds 
such  as  "mankind. "  The  word  man  is  am- 
biguous; frequently  half  of  humankind 
does  not  know  whether  it  is  included  in  the 
statement  or  not . .  . 

"2.  Avoid  the  use  of  masculine  pro- 
nouns such  as  he  or  his  to  refer  to  men 
and  women  together.  Substitutes  might  be 
"he  and  she  ",  "hers  and  his " .  .  . 

"3.  Avoid  referring  to  God  with  mascu- 
line pronouns  .  .  .  For  example,  "God  is  all 
powerful.  He  is  all  knowing,"  might  be 
rewritten  "God  is  all  powerful.  God  is  all 
knowing."  ...  or  "God  is  all  powerful  and 
all  knowing."  ...  An  alternative  is  to  avoid 
the  third  person  pronouns  in  reference  to 
God  altogether,  or  to  mix  or  alternate  the 
use  of  the  feminine  and  masculine  pro- 
nouns referring  to  Her  (Him) .  .  . 

"4.  Avoid  using  feminine  pronouns  to 
refer  to  entities  such  as  the  Church  or 
Israel.  Such  usage  normally  reflects  the 
assumption  that  the  feminine  is  inferior  to 
the  masculine,  as  with  the  feminine 
Church,  or  Israel,  vis-a-vis  a  masculine 
God  .  . .  But  once  the  position  that  "all 
humans  are  created  equal"  is  accepted, 
such  language  is  no  longer  acceptable. 

"5.  Avoid  other  male-dominant  phrases 
when  more  than  just  males  are  meant.  For 
example:  "Sons  of  God, "  "faith  of  our  fa- 
thers,"  "pray  brethren,"  or  "to  emasculate 
something "  (the  assumption  being  that 
only  the  male  is  vigorous).'" 

(Journal  of  Ecumenical  Studies) 

Note:  And  they  are  serious,  too! 


"IT'S  A  TOUGH  LIFE!" 

This  caption  headed  a  clever  cartoon  of 
a  couple  walking  together:  a  "flower  girl" 
and  her  bewhiskered  companion.  The  con- 
versation: "I'll  run  over  and  pick  up  my 
unemployment  check,  and  then  go  over  to 
the  U  and  see  what's  holding  up  my  check 
on  my  Federal  Education  Grant,  and  then 
pick  up  our  food  stamps.  Meanwhile  you 
go  to  the  Free  VD  Clinic  and  check  up  on 
your  tests,  then  pick  up  my  new  glasses  at 
the  Health  Center,  then  go  to  the  Welfare 
Dep't.  and  try  to  increase  our  eligibility  limit 
again.  Later  we'll  meet  at  the  Federal 
Building  for  the  mass  demonstration 
against  the  stinking,  rotten  establishment. " 


ONTARIO  BIBLE  COLLEGE/MARCH  1975 


BOOKS 


play  a  part 
In  vour  life 


THE  FERVENT  PRAYER 


Many  new  books  come  to  the  attention 
of  the  Recorder,  and  most  of  them  are 
listed  in  our  book  section. 

The  year  1974  saw  a  profound  increase 
in  Christian  books,  particularly  ones  that 
dealt  with  experience,  family  and  personal 
situations,  the  charismatic  movement  and 
missionary  treatises. 

Other  books,  not  directly  related  to  or 
written  for  the  Christian  community  but  of 
tremendous  importance  to  them,  were  also 
produced.  Towering  like  the  Colossus  that 
it  is,  is  Solzhenitsyn's  "The  Gulag  Archipe- 
lago," a  book  that  will  speak  to  every  heart, 
mind  and  conscience. 

But  a  very  personal  choice  of  all  the 
books,  is  one  by  J.  Edwin  Orr,  called  "The 
Fervent  Prayer"  (Moody  Press).  Dr.  Orr 
has  given  us,  through  wide  research,  in- 
cisive insight  and  sharp  writing,  the  ac- 
count of  the  worldwide  impact  of  the  great 
spiritual  awakening  of  1858. 

This  book  is  a  personal  preference  be- 
cause it  speaks  to  the  heart  and  to  the 
times.  From  our  viewpoint  at  a  news  desk, 
we  are  convinced  of  two  things:  the  need 
for  a  deeper,  more  personal  relationship 
and  walk  with  God,  including  all  the  cost 
and  sacrifice  involved  in  true  discipleship 
(as  opposed  to  the  experience  centred  dis- 
cipleship that  has  captured  so  many 
today);  and  a  national  and  international  re- 
vival on  a  scale  that  will  transform  lives, 
homes  and  nations. 

it  has  happened  before.  It  did  in  1 858. 
AND  IT  STARTED  IN  CANADA! 

On  pages  2  and  3  of  this  thrilling  book. 
Dr.  Orr  has  written: 

"For  beginnings  of  the  1 858  religious  re- 
vival which  was  soon  to  sweep  the  United 
States,  it  is  necessary  to  look  beyond  the 
boundaries  of  the  Union.  The  first  unusual 
stream  of  blessing  arose  not  in  New  York, 
as  commonly  supposed,  but  in  the  city  of 
Hamilton,  in  Ontario,  in  Canada. 

"Walter  and  Phoebe  Palmer,  a  physi- 


cian and  his  talented  wife,  were  the  evan- 
gelists involved.  On  the  5th  November 
1857,  prominent  headlines  in  a  national 
journal  announced  from  New  York  that  in  a 
'Revival  Extraordinary'  three  or  four 
hundred  converts  had  made  a  public  pro- 
fession of  faith.  Twenty-one  persons  had 
professed  conversion  on  the  first  day  of 
the  movement  and,  as  the  work  steadily 
increased,  the  number  of  public  profes- 
sions grew  from  a  score  to  forty-five  daily, 
a  hundred  people  having  been  converted 
on  the  Sunday  prior  to  the  penning  of  the 
report  for  publication.  Hence  the  enthusi- 
astic correspondent  stated: 

The  work  is  taking  within  its  range  .  .  . 
persons  of  all  classes.  Men  of  low  de- 
gree, and  men  of  high  estate  for  wealth 
and  position;  old  men  and  maidens  and 
even  little  children  are  seen  humbly 
kneeling  together  pleading  for  grace. 
The  mayor  of  the  city,  with  other  persons 
of  like  position,  are  not  ashamed  to  be 
seen  bowed  at  the  altar  of  prayer  beside 
the  humble  servant. 

"Walter  and  Phoebe  Palmer  reported 
converts  by  the  hundreds  in  camp  meet- 
ings in  Ontario  and  Quebec  in  the  fall  of 
1857,  the  attendances  ranging  from  5000 
to  6000  during  the  'Indian  summer'  in  the 
northland. 

"Hamilton's  'gust  of  Divine  power' 
sweeping  the  entire  community  had  its  ori- 
gin in  the  stirring  of  the  laity  and  was  en- 
tirely spontaneous.  This  rise  to  leadership 
on  the  part  of  laymen  became  typical  of  the 
great  movement  that  followed.  In  fact,  the 
Hamilton  Revival  bore  all  the  marks  of  the 
subsequent  American  Awakening,  save 
one,  the  union  prayer  meeting  feature  de- 
veloped in  New  York,  and  popularized 
throughout  the  States. 

"The  account  of  this  extraordinary  re- 
vival of  religion  was  read  by  hundreds  of 
wistful  pastors  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  America's  largest  and  most  evan- 
gelistic body  of  believers  at  that  time.  The 
appearance  of  the  account  of  the  Hamilton 
Revival  in  Christian  newspapers  was  fol- 
lowed by  a  steadily  increasing  number  of 
paragraphs  describing  local  awakenings  in 
various  states. " 

Will  it  happen  again?  Let  us  pray  that  it 
will. 


In  the  last  issue  of  Recorder,  we  carried  a  review  of 
Christian  Heritage,  by  Dorothy  E.  McGuire,  but  omit- 
ted the  name  of  the  outlet  through  which  the  book  is 
available.  You  may  obtain  a  copy  from  the  Canadian 
Bible  Society,  and  the  price  is  $3.50 


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O.B.C.  Bookstore  also  carries  stereo  re- 
cordings done  by  the  College  Music  De- 
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ONTARIO  BIBLE  COLLEGE/f\^ARCH  1975 


COMMUNISM 
FEARS  MISSIONS 

It  was  1960,  and  the  U.S.S.R.  All-Union 
Council  of  Evangelical  Christians— Bap- 
tists received  a  Letter  of  Instruction.  These 
orders  listed  a  more  rigid  enforcement  of 
Soviet  laws  against  religious  training,  bap- 
tism of  youths,  and  the  suppression  of  "all 
unhealthy  missionary  manifestations. " 

Unforlunately,  the  All-Council  hierarchy 
worked  as  a  tool  of  the  atheistic  regime, 
and  all  evangelical  witness  might  well  have 
died,  except  for  the  stubborn  and  coura- 
geous "Initiators,"  some  100,000  strong, 
who  refused  to  restrict  their  witness  and 
their  missionary  activity. 

"There  is  no  power  on  earth,  compar- 
able to  redemptive  religion,"  said  Dr.  John 
MacKay  as  he  reviewed  the  work  of  God 
around  the  world.  And  communists  have 
reason  to  fear  evangelical  missions. 

As  men,  women  and  young  people  enter 
into  new  life  in  Christ,  as  they  study  and 
obey  the  Bible,  and  as  they  seek  to  live  in  a 


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HEAR  THE  O.B.C.  OCTET 

Bethel  Baptist  Church,  Kitchener 
The  Alliance  Church,  Chatham 
Chatham  Baptist  Church,  Chat- 
ham 

Grace  Baptist  Church,  Windsor 
Blenheim  Baptist  Church,  Blen- 
heim 

Wortley  Baptist  Church,  London 
The  Missionary  Church,  Port  Elgin 
Emmanuel  Bible  Church,  Simcoe 
Scotland  Baptist  Church,  Scotland 
Christian  Reformed  Church,  Brad- 
ford 

Arthur  Baptist  Church,  Arthur 
Bethel  Baptist  Church,  Fergus 
Richview  Baptist  Church,  Toronto 
listed  are  unconfirmed.) 


way  that  honors  God,  Communism  and  all 
godless  ideologies  are  put  to  rout.  The 
devices  of  evil  men  are  frustrated;  souls 
are  saved;  families  are  united  and  nations 
strengthened. 

Such  is  the  power  of  the  Gospel.  Such  is 
the  work  of  missions. 

God  give  us  more  "Initiators"  like  their 
leader  Georgi  Vins  who  once  again  faces 
imprisonment  and  possible  death  for  his 
faith  and  courage. 

Of  such  "the  world  is  not  worthy."  (Heb. 
11 :38).  But  God  is  worthy  of  every  sacri- 
fice, every  effort,  every  martyrdom.  Let  us 
pray  for  Brother  Vins  and  our  unnamed 
brethren  who  suffer.  And  let  us  press  on 
with  our  "missionary  manifestations"  until 
the  whole  world  knows  that  "Jesus 
Saves." 

EPITAPH  TO  A  MOTHER-IN-  LAW 

by 
Gertrude  L.  Pellmann 

Dear  Mother,  when  you  were  suddenly 
called  home  to  your  Heavenly  Father,  I 
suffered  a  great  loss,  for  you  were  a  con- 
stant source  of  strength  to  me  ever  since  I 
knew  you. 

In  patient  love  you  stood  by  me  in  every 
situation.  Not  only  when  we  lived  near  you, 
but  also  when  thousands  of  miles  sepa- 
rated us,  you  showed  a  keen  interest  in  me 
and  all  that  happened  to  me. 

Your  whole  life  was  a  glowing  example. 
As  far  back  as  I  can  remember,  you  were  a 
woman  of  prayer.  With  firm  faith  in  God 
you  faced  every  day  of  your  life,  whatever 
it  might  bring:  laughter  or  sorrow,  success 
or  failure.  Not  with  a  foolish  optimism,  nor 
a  dreary  fatalism,  no,  but  with  the  sure 
knowledge  that  a  loving  God  was  directing 
the  affairs  of  your  life. 

By  your  personal  example  also  I  learned 
of  true  humility.  You  knew  only  too  well 
your  weaknesses  and  were  ready  to  admit 
them,  but  with  faith  you  leaned  on  Him 
Who  had  come  to  help  us  overcome  our 
faults  and  failures.  You  were  always  ready 
to  say  a  word  of  praise  to  others,  never 
seeking  it  for  yourself. 

Another  valuable  quality  you  ex- 
emplified: contentment.  In  every  circum- 
stance of  life  you  were  content  with  the  lot 
of  your  day.  Even  though  your  life  was  full 
of  storms,  sorrow  and  heartaches,  and  you 
lacked  many  things,  I  never  knew  you  to  sit 
complaining  and  wallowing  in  self  pity. 

Your  life  taught  me  the  grace  of  a  thank- 
ful heart. 

"In  all  things  give  thanks,"  you  often  ad- 
monished. 

These  were  no  idle  words  with  you.  You 
did  not  thank  God  only  for  happiness  and 


daily  provision — all  of  us  could  easily  rec- 
ognize such  blessings — but  you  also  found 
reason  for  thanksgiving  in  trials  and  tribula- 
tions. 

"These  things  teach  us  patience  and 
dependence  on  God.  They  teach  us  to  rise 
above  our  circumstances,"  you  would  say. 

You  never  missed  an  opportunity  to 
praise  your  Lord.  Even  in  your  last  letter 
you  joyfully  told  how  God  gave  you 
strength  to  live  through  some  of  your  more 
difficult  days.  In  spite  of  aches  and  pains 
that  came  with  the  increase  of  your  years, 
you  kept  a  cheerful  heart  and  were  always 
ready  and  able  to  encourage  me. 

Truly,  in  your  lips  was  the  law  of  kind- 
ness. Even  when  you  found  reason  to  criti- 
cize me,  you  spoke  the  truth  in  love;  with 
the  wisdom  of  God  which  is  easily  entrea- 
ted. 

Your  greatest  desire  for  me  was  that  I 
might  trust  Jesus  Christ  as  my  own  per- 
sonal Saviour.  Your  prayers  were  an- 
swered. By  your  example  you  lit  the  path  to 
Him  Who  brought  peace  to  my  restless 
heart. 

Thank  you.  Mother. 

Your  daughter-in-law. 

THE  LAUSANNE  CONGRESS 
THEME  HYMN 

The  following  is  the  Hymn  specially  written 
for  the  International  Congress  on  World 
Evangelization  by  E.  Margaret  Clarkson. 

Praise  the  Lord,  sing  hallelujah. 
Children  of  God's  gracious  choice! 

Let  His  praise  rise  as  thunder. 
Let  the  whole  earth  hear  His  voice. 

Till  the  song  of  His  salvation 
Makes  His  broken  world  rejoice! 

Man's  imprisoning  night  is  shattered 

At  the  impact  of  His  Word; 
Light  and  life  spring  forth  eternal 

Where  that  mighty  voice  is  heard : 
Let  the  powers  of  death  and  darkness 

Own  the  tnumph  of  their  Lord! 

Praise  the  Lord  until  His  glory 
Floods  the  farthest  realms  of  earth. 

Till  from  every  tribe  and  nation 
Souls  rise  up  in  glad  rebirth; 

Haste  the  day  of  His  appearing 
When  all  creatures  own  His  worth! 

Praise  the  Lord,  sing  hallelujah ! 

Sound  His  sovereign  grace  abroad 
Till  His  Word  is  loved  and  honoured 

Everywhere  man's  feet  have  trod. 
Till  His  ransomed  family  gathers 

Safely  round  the  throne  of  God ! 

Tune:  Regent  Square  (Angels  from  the 
Realms  of  Glory) 


Alumni 
News 

Compiled  by:  lone  Essery 


Alumni  President,  Gordon  W.  Dorey 


MAN  ON  THE  MOVE 

Alumni  President  Uses  Sabbatical  Wisely. 

A  Year  in  Overseas  Missions  as  a 

Personal  Contribution.  Sharing  with  a 

Younger  Church. 

These  are  the  headlines  that  tell  of  Rev. 
Gordon  Dorey  leaving  in  May  for  a  year  of 
ministry  in  the  Philippines  under  the  Far 
Eastern  Gospel  Crusade. 

Mr.  Dorey  is  not  only  a  faculty  member 
at  O.B.C.  (since  1965)  but  also  graduated 
in  1957. 

Since  joining  the  College,  Gord  has 
served  as  Chairman  of  the  Pastoral  Stu- 
dies Dept.,  Dean  of  Men,  Registrar  and 
Alumni  President.  He  wears  each  hat  well 
and  fills  the  shoes  capably. 

Now  he  will  add  another  dimension  to 
his  life  and  work. 

In  May  1975  he  will  fly  with  his  family  to 
Manila  to  spend  one  year  as  visiting  pro- 
fessor at  Asian  Theological  Seminary,  lec- 
turing on  Biblical  Preaching,  Evangelism, 
Pastoral  Ministry  and  Church  Growth. 

He  will  also  work  with  F.E.G.C.  in  an  out- 
reach program. 

Mrs.  Dorey  will  work  as  a  secretary  in 
the  Mission  office,  and  Terry  and  Linda  will 
attend  Faith  Academy  near  Manila. 

This  is  a  wonderful  sharing  of  our  faculty 
and  skills  with  the  church  worldwide.  Gord 
will  leave  a  big  gap  here  while  he  fills  one 
there. 

Will  you  pray  for  him  and  his  family? 
Why  not  write  him,  do  it  NOW!— and  tell 
him  so.  It  will  be  a  real  encouragement  to 
the  Doreys,  to  know  that  we  are  standing 
with  them  in  this  significant  and  worthwhile 
work. 


MORE  ALUMNI  ON  THE  MOVE 

Barnboard  Artist 

In  a  "What's  My  Line"  program,  Don 
Vair  '63-'68,  would  stump  most  experts. 
He's  a  barnboard  artist  who  has  appeared 
on  every  major  television  station  in  Can- 
ada, and  many  smaller,  independent  ones. 
His  work  has  been  exhibited  in  Ontario 
Place,  and  can  be  seen  anytime  on  CKNX- 
TV  in  Wingham,  Ont.  where  he  is  Art 
Director. 

Barnboard  Art  is  not  just  pictures 
painted  on  old  wood.  It  is  the  use  of 
woodgrain  and  form  to  depict  something, 
often  with  the  rustic  look  that  seems  natu- 
ral to  the  wooden  "canvas". 

Don  specializes  in  wooden  objects  that 
look  good  on  the  old  planks:  a  sled,  rain 
barrels,  oxen  yoke,  a  fence,  a  barn.  Using 
his  gifts  is  not  just  a  means  of  a  'living".  As 
he  himself  says,  'God  has  been  good  to 
me  and  I  want  my  work  to  glorify  Him  in 
every  way  possible.  There  is  a  real  need 
for  a  Christian  witness  among  those  in  this 
business." 


"Value  Education" 

For  1975,  the  Hamilton  Board  of  Educa- 
tion will  have  as  its  Chairman  an  alumnus 
who  believes  in  "value  education. "  Ted 
Simmons,  B.Th.  '62,  is  a  minister  with  the 
Associated  Gospel  Churches;  serves  as  a 
Probation  Officer  in  Hamilton,  and  for  the 
past  four  years  has  served  on  the  Board  of 
Education. 

Usually  a  Chairman  is  voted  in  by  the 


From:  London  Free  Press. 


Other  members  of  the  Board.  Ted  was 
"acclaimed  "  to  the  office,  doubtless  a  testi- 
mony to  the  integrity  and  faithfulness  that 
should  be  demonstrated  in  all  service. 

Ted  also  has  strong  convictions  about 
"value  education"  that  will  give  Hamilton 
youth  just  that.  Too  often,  education  today 
seems  to  have  little  value  and  portends  a 
grim  future  for  Canada.  Men  like  Ted  and 
his  board,  pursuing  value  education,  might 
well  set  up  guidelines  for  many  other 
boards.  Parents  and  concerned  Christians 
should  pray  that  this  will  be  so. 


alumni  target  $60,000 
total  to  end  of  Dec.  $i»?,itll 


ept.   Oct.    ilov.      Dec 


alumni  contributions 

1973 
197  .■- 


ONTARIO  BIBLE  COLLEGE /MARCH  1975 


ANOTHER  GREAT 
ALUMNI  HOMECOMING! 

October  17-1 8,  1975 


THEME:  "BEHOLD  I  WILL  DO  A  NEW  THING."  Isa.  43:19 
As  we  start  our  81  st  year  as  a  Bible  College,  we  look  FORWARD  as 
an  Alumni  Association,  to  great  things,  new  things,  attempted  for  God. 
Plans  will  be  revealed  for  the  "NEW  THINGS '  God  is  leading  the 
College  into. 

Meei  the  NEW  PRESIDENT.  Hear  about  the  NEW  PROGRAM. 
Learn  about  NEW  MINISTRIES.  Welcome  NEW  ALUMNI.  Will  there 
be  a  NEW  CAMPUS?  NEW  BUILDINGS? 

This  is  a  Homecoming  you  cannot  miss. 

HOLD  THOSE  DATES!  SAVE  SOME  OF  YOUR  HOLIDAYS! 

LET  ALUMNI,  OLD  AND  YOUNG,  TURN  TOWARDS  16  SPADINA 
ROAD  ON  OCTOBER  1 7  and  1 8. 

SEE  YOU! 


AN  UNBREAKABLE  RECORD! 

Miss  Minnie  Pitman  graduated  from 
O.B.C.  in  1915  and  was  chosen  secretary 
to  her  class. 

For  SIXTY  UNBROKEN  YEARS,  SHE 
HAS  SENT  OUT  A  CLASS  LETTER  TO 
AN  EVER  DWINDLING  CLASS! 

This  will  never  happen  again,  we  are 
sure. 

To  honour  her  faithful  class  secretary, 
the  inimitable  Jane  Scott,  journalist,  au- 
thor, speaker,  has  written  this: 


TRIBUTE  TO  MISS  MINNIE  PITMAN 

ON 

HER  DIAMOND  JUBILEE! 

Salute  to  Miss  Pitman!  A  gracious,  old 

scribe 
Who  for  sixty  long  years  kept  class  spirit 

alive, 
By  hounding  the  grads  to  contribute 

each  year 


To  the  annual  class  letter  to  send  far  and 
near. 

Today  while  she's  with  us,  we  want  to 
applaud 

This  faithful,  devoted,  kind  servant  of 
God, 

Who  took  time  to  visit  the  sick  and  the 
sad, 

The  yellow,  the  black  and  the  white 
and — the  bad. 

And  many  a  one  who  was  ill  and  afraid 

Was  wooed  back  to  health  by  her  com- 
fort and  aid. 

Some  were  without  folks  to  look  after 
their  bills. 

Or  help  them  find  shelter,  or  make  out 
their  wills, 

But  always  dear  Minnie  arrived  right  on 
time 

To  solve  every  problem  and  make  joy- 
bells  chime. 

Her  work  at  the  Mission  was  done  with- 
out pay. 


She  taught  the  Chinese  to  speak  En- 
glish our  way. 

Now  many  successful  and  Christian 
Chinese 

Are  spreading  the  Gospel  with  grace 
and  with  ease. 

Today  there  are  few  of  our  grads  here 

on  earth 
To  write  a  class  letter  (of  news  there  s  a 

dearth) 
And  what  news  we  have  is  both  doleful 

and  brief. 
For  most  of  us  grads  are  enveloped  in 

grief. 
With  eyes  that  don't  see,   and  our 

memries  gone  blank; 
Our  tired  joints  a-creaking:  no  cash  in 

the  bank; 
Few  friends  still  around  us  to  cheer  and 

console; 
Our  hands  are  so  shaky  they  ruin  our 

scroll; 
And  even  our  prayers  are  less  ardent 

each  day 
For  we  drop  off  to  sleep  when  we  kneel 

down  to  pray. 
And  it's  hard  to  get  up  when  we  later 

come  to. 
And  we  ask  the  dear  Lord  to  forgive 

what  we  do; 
And  we  mumble  regrets  as  we  stagger 

to  bed 
And  try  to  remember  what  prayers  we 

have  said. 
And  we  secretly  hope  that  our  Lord  will 

soon  come 
And  waken  us  up  with  His  trumpet  or 

drum, 
And  keep  us  awake  while  eternities  roll 
When  well  praise  Him  for  aye  with  our 

wide-awake  soul. 
We  are  sure  He  will  honor  the  faithful 

and  true 
Who  have  proven  their  love  by  the  works 

that  they  do. 
We've  no  doubt  that  Minnie  will  hear  His 

■'well  done," 
When  her  work  here  is  finished  and  her 

journey  is  run. 
And  I  hope  to  be  there  with  my  notebook 

and  pen 
To  wnte  a  POSTSCRIPT,  signed— Sin- 
cerely yours,  Jen. 

There  were  two  Aunt  Janes  when  I  was 
born.  My  family  affectionately  called  me 
LITTLE  JENNIE.  Later  the  designation 
was  reduced  to  JEN  by  my  classmates  at 
OBC.  LITTLE  Jennie  became  the  tallest 
and  most  vocal  of  the  Scott  clan.  She  grew 
UP  but  she  seldom  shuts  UP.  That  is  the 
modern  method  of  "TELLING  IT  LIKE  IT 
IS." 

—Jane  Scott '15 


VILLAGE  STARTED  FROM  A 
TENT  FOUR  YEARS  AGO 

Two  Alumni  at  Work 


I  hey  describe  themselves  as  just  "two 
crazy  missionaries,"  but,  crazy  or  not, 
Florence  MacKay  '66  and  Barbara  Mac- 
Leod 66  seem  to  have  found  a  way  of 
making  things  work. 

The  two  spent  several  years  in  the  north 
where  they  saw  homeless  youngsters 
being  placed  because  no  one  really 
wanted  them  in  the  south  where  they  came 
from.  So  they  decided  to  make  a  place 
where  such  children  would  be  wanted. 

The  result  is  the  67  acre  Children's 
Village  near  Kenora.  It  is  not  affiliated  with 
the  Children's  Aid  Society,  the  govern- 
ment, or  any  civic  group.  It  is  a  non- 
denominational  home  where  parents,  who 
recognize  they  are  having  problems,  can 
bring  their  children  to  be  taken  care  of. 

Parents  may  visit  their  children  when- 
ever they  want,  have  them  home  for  the 
weekend,  or  take  them  out  of  the  home 
whenever  they  decide  to. 

The  two  women  bought  the  property  four 
years  ago  for  $1,200  and  lived  in  a  tent 
while  they  built,  on  their  own,  their  first 
house.  Once  built  they  found  it  wasn't  big 
enough  to  meet  their  needs  and  so,  with 
the  help  of  a  carpenter,  they  built  a  second 
building.  Ultimately  they  aim  at  having  25 
houses  on  the  property  and  currently  they 
are  looking  into  the  possibility  of  investing 
in  a  prefabricated  structure. 

And  how  do  they  fund  all  this  work? 
They  don't.  They  have  no  form  of  set  in- 
come and  they  never  ask  for  donations. 
But  somehow  money  always  seems  to  be 
given  to  them  at  the  right  time. 

"It's  a  weird  way  to  work, "  said  Miss 
MacKay,  "but  it  works. " 

The  funds  have  come  from  all  across 
Canada  and  from  some  places  in  the 
United  States  as  well. 

"We  felt  that  with  people  falling  away 
from  faith  they  needed  a  shot  in  the  arm 
saying  God  is  still  alive  and  He  cares, " 
said  Miss  MacKay,  "and  I  think  the  Village 
proves  it." 

In  four  years,  they  have  moved  from  a 
tent  to  two  houses  and  67  acres,  their 
freezers  are  full,  and  they  have  no  debts. 

The  village  used  to  be  affiliated  with  the 
Childrens  Aid  Society,  but  in  the  past  year 
it  has  gone  on  its  own  because  of  policy 
differences.  The  two  women  are  against 
breaking  up  families.  In  some  cases 
mothers  have  come  to  the  village  and 
stayed  with  their  children  while  they 
straighten  out  their  lives. 


VILLAGl 


Florence  Mackay  '66  and  Barbara  MacLeod  '66  at  the  Childrert's  Village  (Photo  courtesy  Kenora  Miner  &  News). 


Miss  MacKay  said  that  studies  have  in- 
dicated that  taking  children  away  from  a 
mother  only  compounds  the  problem  and 
that  in  many  cases  the  mothers  turn  to 
alcohol  or  even  suicide. 

The  children  at  the  village  come  from 
many  types  of  home  situations  including 
broken  homes,  alcoholic  situations  and 
cases  in  which  they  are  simply  deserted. 
Right  now  the  village  can  handle  up  to  20 
children  usually  ranging  in  age  from  infants 
to  12  or  13  year  olds.  Miss  MacKay  said 
that  there  is  a  real  fear  of  the  Children"s 
Aid  because  it  seems  so  final  when  a  child 
is  taken  away. 

We  re  trying  to  recreate  the  family  if  we 
can  or  bring  the  family  back  together,"  she 
said. 

This  is  done  by  allowing  parents  to  visit, 
by  telephone  calls  and  weekend  visits  at 
home. 

The  parents  remain  the  guardians  of  the 
children  although  the  viliage  accepts  re- 
sponsibility for  them.  The  cost  is  whatever 
the  parents  can  afford.  For  some  it's  $3  a 
day,  for  others,  it's  their  family  allowance, 
and  for  still  others,  it's  free. 

The  children  are  there  because  the 
parents  want  them  there.  Some  stay  for  a 
few  days  or  a  few  months  and  one  has 
been  there  for  a  year  and  a  half. 

The  children  seem  happy  at  the  vil- 
lage— they  feel  at  home.  One  little  girl 
even  walked  three  and  a  half  miles  from 
town  to  come  back  and  check  in  on  her 
brothers  and  sisters. 

The  children  even  have  their  own  doe.  It 
was  donated  to  the  village  by  the  Ministry 
of  Natural  Resources. 

Miss  MacKay  said  that  word  of  the 
village  is  spreading  and  people  from  the 
reserves  are  now  approaching  them. 


"It  gives  people  an  alternative, "  she 
said. 

Many  people  have  helped  to  make  the 
village  possible.  One  man  came  to  finish 
off  a  floor  and  didn't  charge  a  cent.  Now  he 
has  offered  to  stucco  the  new  house. 

"It's  not  us, "  said  Miss  MacKay,  ""it's 
people  in  Kenora  working  to  help  people. " 

by  Pat  Tonkin 
reprinted  with  permission  from 
"The  Kenora  Miner  and  News" 


REV.  A.  B.  STEIN  '30 

HONOURED  AT  PHILPOTT 

CHURCH 

He  had  completed  17  years  at  Philpott 
Memorial  Church,  Hamilton,  and  Rev.  Alex 
B.  Stein  felt  the  time  had  come  for  a 
change,  for  himself  and  for  the  church, 
Alex  himself  was  also  completing  45  years 
in  the  ministry  (in  four  Ontario  churches), 
so  January  24,  1975  had  a  double  signifi- 
cance to  him. 

The  church  met  to  express  its  apprecia- 
tion for  a  faithful  ministry.  Friends  and  or- 
ganizations were  also  there,  to  honour  a 
man  "who  renders  to  man  a  service  good 
and  true." 

Gifts  and  commendations;  expressions 
of  love  and  appreciation — these  were 
passed  on  to  Rev.  &  Mrs.  A.  B.  Stein,  as 
one  era  closed  and  another  began. 

We,  his  fellow  alumni,  wish  him  well,  and 
pray  that  God  will  lead  him  out  into  a  richer 
and  more  fruitful  ministry  than  he  has  ever 
known. 


ONTARIO  B!BLE  COLLEGE/MARCH  1975 


ALUMNUS  OF  THE  YEAR 
SAYS  THANK  YOU 

Eleanor  Moyer,  Alumnus  of  the  Year  74, 
sent  her  thanks  to  all  who  made  Home- 
coming tor  her  such  a  memorable  oc- 
casion last  October. 

She  remembered  the  College  staff  of 
the  1939-42  period  when  she  was  a  stu- 
dent. Her  recollection  is  one  of  Godly  men 
and  women. 

There  was  the  Canadian  Sunday  School 
Mission  who  took  a  "shy,  awkward,  scared 
girl"  and  encouraged  her  to  serve. 

There  were  thanks  to  co-workers  Mae 
Moreland  (25  years  together!);  Richard 
Ohiman  who  grew  up  in  the  work  and  still 
serves;  Vincent  Craven  of  I.V.  Pioneer 
Camp  who  helped  her  with  Dorion  Bible 
Camp;  Douglas  Coombs  (now  pastor  at 
Farmer  Memorial  Baptist  Church)  repre- 
sentative of  the  hundreds  of  young  people 
who  served  at  Dorion. 

It  seems  actually,  that  Eleanor  just 
wants  to  say  thank  you  to  every  Alumnus 
and  co-worker  who  helped  her  along  the 
way  to  becoming  Alumnus  of  the  Year. 

We  are  glad  to  pass  on  her  thanks. 

MISS  ANNIE  SOPER '15 
WRITES . . . 

"It  has  been  such  a  joy  to  receive  news 
of  the  Bible  College  and  to  know  that  God 
is  continuing  to  bless  its  ministry.  I  am  sure 
that  is  because  of  its  faithfulness  to  the 
Word  of  God.  How  I  thank  God  for  all  that  it 
has  meant  to  me.  I  am  enclosing  a  small 
gift  to  help  someone  else  receive  its  bene- 
fits. 

I  personally  have  so  much  to  thank  God 
for.  This  last  year  I  have  had  quite  a  lot  of 
illness — but  am  now  full  of  praise  for  re- 
turned strength  though  having  to  rest 
much  more  than  before.  Now  nearly  92 
years  of  age.  I  am  more  than  grateful  for 
ability  to  get  about  and  think  fairly  clearly. 
My  hearing  and  sight  is  diminishing — 
especially  my  sight.  I  can  only  read  now 
with  a  strong  magnifying  glass.  This  of 
course  takes  much  longer,  so  that  I  am  not 
able  to  appreciate  much  of  the  literature  I 
get.  Time  does  not  permit  me. 

For  this  reason  I  think  it  right  to  ask  you 
not  to  send  me  literature  that  is  costly  in 
postage.  So  often  I  have  to  put  it  on  one 
side  without  properly  reading  it.  True  I 
pass  it  on — but  I  am  not  sure  that  it  is  ap- 
preciated. For  this  reason  I  don't  feel  it 
right  now  that  postage  is  so  heavy. 

I  have  very  much  appreciated  the  con- 
stant thoughtfulness  and  infomation  that 
has  been  sent,  and  assure  you  that  when 
you  don't  hear,  as  long  as  I  can  I  shall  con- 
tinue to  pray  that  God  will  richly  bless 
every  activity  of  the  O.B.C.  and  especially 
the  leaders. 

It  does  look  as  if  all  signs  are  leading  to 
the  soon  coming  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour. 


How  wonderful  it  will  be  when  we  all  meet 
together.  I  cannot  hope  to  be  here  much 
longer,  but  do  pray  that  revival  will  come  to 
our  countries — before  it  is  too  late. 

May  I  wish  you  all  a  very  happy  Christ- 
mas, and  every  blessing  during  the  coming 
year.  With  truest  gratitude  for  all  that  the 
college  has  meant  to  me — and  to  you  per- 
sonally for  your  kind  letters. 

One  of  your  oldest  students, 
Annie  G.  Soper 


'Miss  Soper  was  tfie  Alumnus  of  the  Year  m  T970  Now  retired, 
and  one  o!  our  oldest  graduates,  she  remembers  her  alma 
mater  in  prayer  and  with  gifts.  In  fact  this  letter  brought  a  sub- 
stantial gift  to  the  college.  We  thanlt  God  for  faithful  servants 
who  continue  to  honor  Him  as  Miss  Soper  does 


ON  THE  HOME  FRONT 

DMR.  CRAIG  COOK  '59  has  been  ap- 
pointed Associate  Director  for  North 
America  in  charge  of  the  Canadian  office 
ofW.R.M.F. 

3DR.  KENNETH  R.  DAVIS  '49-'50  has 
been  appointed  to  the  Senate  of  Waterloo 
University,  and  his  book  'Anabaptlsm  and 
Asceticism"  has  recently  been  published. 

□  MR.  &  MRS.  LLOYD  DRURY,  B.Th.  '75 
(MARJORIE  PEARCE  '70-'71)  com- 
menced their  pastoral  ministry  at  Mill 
Woods  Baptist  Church  in  Edmonton,  Alta. 
in  January. 

nREV.  GORDON  FISH  '49  commenced 
his  pastoral  ministry  at  St.  John  Presby- 
terian Church,  Hamilton,  Ont.  in  Novem- 
ber. 

DREV.  &  MRS.  HOWARD  HAWES  •65-'67 
(JANICE  '66-'67)  have  returned  from  Tan- 
zania and  are  now  pastoring  three  small 
mission  churches  under  the  Anglican 
Church  in  St.  Augustine,  Que. 
DMR.  LLOYD  HENRY  '57-'61  received  his 
B.Th.  from  McGill  University  on  November 
6,  1974. 

DMR.  &  MRS.  ALLAN  HUNTER  ■46-48 
(JANET  KERR  '49)  have  returned  from 
Kingston,  Jamaica  and  are  now  pastoring 
Bella  Vista  Community  Church  in  Bella 
Vista,  Arkansas. 

□  MISS  MARGARET  LANE,  B.R.E.  '70  is 
Administrative  Assistant  at  St.  Stephen's 
University,  St.  Stephen,  N.B. 

□  MR.  &  MRS.  D.  KANTEL  (ELIZABETH, 
B.R.E.  '70).  He  has  been  appointed  as 
President  of  St.  Stephen's  University,  St. 
Stephen,  N.B. 

□  MR.  &  MRS.  ROBERT  LUCK-BAKER, 
B.R.E.  '69  are  the  Directors  of  Blue  Water 
Camp  and  Conference  Grounds,  Wallace- 
burg,  Ont. 

□  MISS  SYLVIA  PITTS,  B.S.M.  '74,  teach- 
ing music  at  Western  Pentecostal  College 
in  B.C. 

□  REV.  &  MRS.  GRANVILLE  RAPHAEL, 
B.R.E.  '72  (YVONNE  ■72-73)  were  called 


by  the  United  Community  Church  of  Glen- 
dale,  Ca.  to  start  a  new  work  among  the 
Spanish  speaking  people. 

□  MR.  DAVID  RHUDE  '72,  with  the  Bible 
Club  Movement  in  the  Oshawa  area. 

□  MR.  JOHN  SCHAPER,  B.R.E.  74  is  in 
Vancouver,  B.C.  as  Associate  Reachout 
Director  witn  Dr.  Leighton  Ford  and  the 
Billy  Graham  Evangelistic  Association. 

□  MISS  SHIRLEY  SNIDER  ^6^  (B.C.M.)  is 
teaching  scripture  in  the  public  school  sys- 
tem in  St.  Thomas,  Ont. 

□  MR.  BILL  THORPE  '69  is  attending 
Laurentian  University  in  Sudbury,  Ont.  and 
is  Youth  Pastor  at  All  Nations  Baptist 
Church. 

□  REV.  &  MRS.  JOHN  TOBEY  '59  (AN- 
NETTE KALBFLEISCH  '60)  began  their 
ministry  at  Hagersville  United  Church, 
Hagersville,  Ont.  on  November  1, 1974. 

□  MRS.  JOHN  TREWIN  (DOROTHY  RI- 
CHARDSON '28)  retired  from  Nigeria,  W. 
Africa  (S.I.M.)  in  March  1974,  and  is  living 
in  Toronto. 

□  REV.  JOHN  VERHOOG  62,  pastoring 
the  First  Reformed  Church  in  Midland 
Park,  N.J. 

□  MR.  &  MRS.  ROBERT  DAVIS,  B.Th.  '74 
(HELEN  ROSEVEAR  '72-'74),  pastoring 
Vittoria,  Walsh  and  Forestville  Baptist 
Churches,  Ontario. 

□  REV.  RUSSELL  HUGHES  '39  retired 
December  31,  1974,  after  35  years  of 
devoted  service  at  A.E.F.,  with  14  years  in 
Africa  and  21  years  on  the  Home  Staff. 

□  MR.  CHARLES  JACKSON  '67  com- 
menced his  ministry  as  Director  of  Chris- 
tian Education  at  Yorkminster  Park  Baptist 
Church,  Toronto,  in  January. 

□  REV.  &  MRS.  TIM  MEDHURST,  B.R.E. 
'72  (LYNDA  '70)  commenced  their  ministry 
at  St.  George  Baptist  Church,  St.  George, 
Ont.,  in  January. 


ON  FURLOUGH 

□  REV.  &  MRS.  WALTER  BEECHAM  '53 
(LENORE  SHARPE  '53)  from  Korea 
(U.C.O.M.B.). 

□  MISS  LESLEY  KAYSER,  B.R.E.  '70, 
from  Bolivia  (A.E.M.)  in  December,  on  a 
six-months  furlough. 

□  REV.  &  MRS.  JACK  BROTHERTON  '38 
(MADGE  EDGSON  '38-39)  returned  from 
the  Chad  (T.E.A.M.)  in  December  1974. 


TO  THE  FIELD 

□  MISS  FERNE  BLAIR  '47  to  Malaysia 
(O.M.F.),  in  February. 

□  MR.  &  MRS.  ETIENNE  BRACKE  (ARLA 


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SHAUF,  B.R.E.  '65)  returned  to  Belgium  in 

January  under  Global  Outreach  Inc. 

DMISS   DOROTHY   BROWN   '73-'74 

(G.E.M.)  to  Italy  in  March  for  a  two  year 

term  of  service  with  the  Cornelius  Corps. 

nMISS  DAWNA  BUCKNAM,  B.Th.  66,  to 

Maui,  Hawaii  (H.I.M.)  in  January  after  a 

six-month  furlough  in  Canada. 

QMISS  LENORE  CATES,  B.R.E.  '68,  to 

Ramble,  Jamaica  in  January,  teaching  at 

Fairview  Baptist  Bible  College  (B.M.M.). 

DDR.  &  MRS.  DONALD  CLUNAS  (MARY 

LOU   SHOEMAKER   '61 -'63)  to   Dacca, 

Bangladesh  in  March  (B.M.M.F.),  following 

an  eight-months  furlough  in  Canada. 

DMR.   MARSHALL  LAWRENCE,   B.Th. 

'64,  received  his  B.A.  degree  in  May  1974 

from  University  of  Toronto  while  home  on 

furlough  and  is  now  back  in  New  Guinea 

(W.B.T.). 

DMISS  LILY  MAJAK  '59  (S.I.M.)  returned 

to  Dahomey,  W.  Africa  in  September  1974, 

after  a  mini  furlough  in  Quebec. 

□  DR.  &  MRS.  PAT  McCarthy  '52  (PAT 

STEWART  50)  to  Mamfe,  Cameroon,  W. 

Africa  in  December  1974  for  a  two  year 

term  under  CIDA. 

DMISS  BARBARA  NEIDRAUER  '58  to 

Zambia  (U.C.Z.)  after  a  short  furlough  in 

Orillia,  Ont. 

DMISS  INES  PENNY  '49  (S.I.M.)  returned 

to  Nigeria  in  November  1 974. 

DMISS  WINNIFRED  SIMPKINS  '36  to 

Colombia,  S.A.  (W.M.S.R.B.)  in  November 

1974. 


MARRIAGES 

DMISS  DARLENE  KEOGH  '72-'74  to  MR. 
JAMES  CAMERON  '72-74  on  August  17, 
1974  in  London,  Ont. 

DMISS  HELEN  ROSEVEAR  ■72-'74  to 
MR.  ROBERT  DAVIS,  B.Th.  '74,  on  Oct- 
ober 19,  1974  in  Calvary  Bible  Church, 
Smith  Falls,  Ont.  REV.  RONALD  UNRUH, 
B.Th.  '69,  officiated.  MRS.  RONALD 
UNRUH  (CHRISTINE  LANGLOIS,  B.S.M. 
'68),  was  the  Soloist.  STEVE  FILYER, 
B.R.E.  '73,  was  an  usher  and  REV.  DAN 
FILYER  '49  was  Master  of  Ceremonies  at 
the  Reception. 

DMR.  FRED  J.  SHAVER,  B.R.E.  '70,  to 
MISS  ELEANOR  KOOP  at  the  Mennonite 
Brethren  Church,  Vineland,  Ont.  On  June 
29,1974. 


BIRTHS 

DTo   MR.   &   MRS.    ROY   CHEECHOO 
(DOROTHY  KRAHN  '70)  a  son.  Nelson 


Thomas,  on  June  21,  1974  in  Moose  Fac- 
tory, Ont. 

□  To  MR.  &  MRS.  GORDON  COX,  B.Th. 
'73,  a  son,  Jonathan  Walter,  on  November 
4,  1974  in  Arthur,  Ont. 

□  To  MR.  &  MRS.  DAVID  GEORGE  '69 
(MARJORIE  BRUNDRITT,  B.R.E.  '70)  a 
daughter,  Meagan  Geraldine,  in  Toronto 
on  December  4, 1974. 

□  To  REV.  &  MRS.  PETER  GIBBINS, 
B.R.E.  '70,  (PEARL  KNIGHTS,  B.R.E. 
'71),  a  daughter,  Charity  Renee,  on  No- 
vember 5,  1974  in  Belleville,  Ont. 

□  To  MR.  &  MRS.  Wm.  HICKLING 
(MARGOT  GORRIE  '63)  a  son,  Bruce 
Donald,  in  Mississauga,  Ont.  on  May  23, 
1974. 

□  To  MR.  &  MRS.  BING  HUM 
(MARGUERITE  SMITH  '69-'70)  a  daugh- 
ter, Jennifer  Yee,  on  November  3,  1974  in 
Hanover,  Ont. 

□  To  REV.  &  MRS.  AL  LUESINK,  B.Th.  '66 
(RUTH  TOMSETT,  B.R.E.  '66),  a  son, 
David  Nanson,  in  Kingston,  Ont.  on  April 
30,  1974. 

□  To  MR.  &  MRS.  RAYMOND  Mc- 
CREADY,  B.R.E.  '70  (BETTY  ARMOUR 
'69-'70)  a  daughter,  Jennifer  Kathleen,  on 
November  5,  1974,  in  Montreal. 

DTo  MR.  &  MRS.  TELFORD  PENFOLD 
'64-66)  (CLAIRE  ELLIOTT  '67-'68)  a  son, 
Timothy,  in  Fort  St.  John,  B.C.  on  Sep- 
tember 16,  1974. 

DTo  MR.  &  MRS.  JAMES  TURPIN,  B.R.E. 
'72  (RUTH  REGNAULT  •69-'70)  a  son, 
Shawn  Jamie,  in  Cookstown,  Ont.  on  Sep- 
tember 30,  1974. 

DTo  MR.  &  MRS.  PETER  VON  ZUBEN 
•69-'71  (LOUISE  PETTIT,  B.R.E.  '73)  a 
son,  Stephen  Andrew,  on  October  30, 
1974inYellowknife,  N.W.T. 
DTo  MR.  &  MRS.  NEIL  WAGG  (JOANNE 
LATTIMER  70)  twins,  a  son  Michael  and  a 
daughter  Heather,  on  October  18,  1974  in 
Toronto. 


DEATHS 

DMISS  EDITH  D.  HICKERSON  '15  on 
October  14, 1974  in  Edmonton. 

□  MR.  NORMAN  HOLDAWAY  '42  in 
Toronto  in  July,  1974. 

□  MISS  ESTHER  LOWE  '27  in  Cambridge, 
Ont.  on  December  29, 1974. 

□  MISS  EDITH  MUIRHEAD  '23  in  England 
on  October  3, 1974. 

□  MRS.  J.  PARRISH  (MARION  HAR- 
RISON '48)  in  Toronto  on  July  11,1 974. 

□  PETER  SMITH  age  six,  son  of  REV.  & 
MRS.  HOWARD  SMITH  '53  as  a  result  of 
an  accident  at  Norval,  Ont.  on  November 
14,  1974. 


CHARLES  W.  STEPHENS 


He  was  "one  of  a  kind  "  man,  and  when 
he  died  on  December  10,  1974,  a  unique 
pattern  was  broken. 

For  over  40  years  he  was  a  close  friend 
of  the  editor,  and  for  much  of  that  time  we 
were  in  close  contact  as  he  served  on  the 
Board  of  Governors  of  O.B.C.  from  1959 
and  as  Chairman  of  the  Board  from  1960 
to  1964. 

"Charlie "  Stephens  sometimes  tried  to 
be  gruff,  his  humour  was  notorious  and 
often  he  was  a  gadfly  to  pomposity  and 
verbosity.  But  he  was  a  man  of  big  heart 
and  large  loyalties,  and  he  was  ever  help- 
ing people  in  need,  gruffly  spurning 
thanks,  embarrassed  that  he  couldn't 
always  work  under  cover. 

When  cancer  first  became  evident  and 
he  knew  the  time  for  his  earthly  course 
was  running  out,  a  mellow,  devout  man 
showed  where  his  faith  and  true  personal- 
ity lay. 

Charlie  is  gone,  but  he  will  be  long 
remembered.  He  is  with  a  host  of  saints  he 
knew  and  worked  with  such  as  E.  G.  Baker 
and  many  others.  We  are  grateful  that  we 
knew  him  and  worked  with  him.  Our  love 
and  sympathy  go  out  to  Mrs.  Stephens 
("Grace"  to  their  many  friends)  and  Dr. 
Bob  Stephens  and  the  family  left  behind. 

His  memorial  service  was  typically  "Ste- 
phens". When  did  you  last  chuckle  or 
smile  at  a  funeral.  We  did  on  that  bleak 
December  day  as  we  remembered  him. 
Perhaps  one  episode  given  at  the  service 
will  be  remembered  as  typical. 

In  the  last  days  before  the  Lord  called 
him  home,  Charlie  was  in  Riverdale  Hos- 
pital. A  jovial  Santa  Claus,  making 
the  rounds,  happened  in  to  his  room. 
Waxen  and  sunken,  Charlie  Stephens  lay, 
eyes  closed,  just  waiting.  The  bogus  Santa 
saw  the  condition  and  turned  to  tip  toe  out. 
And  as  he  did,  the  sick  man  opened  his 
eyes,  saw  the  bulging  red  suit  and  sum- 
moning up  his  energies,  he  cried  out 
"Ho,  Ho,  Ho!" — and  Santa  scampered 
away.  Charlie  said  "Boo"  to  a  lot  of  things 
that  he  felt  were  phony  or  useless.  But  he 
loved  the  Lord,  His  Word  and  His  work — 
and  gave  himself  unstintingly  to  these 
realities. 


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ONTARIO  BIBLE  COLLEGE 

SOME  THINGS  improve  with  age. 
Ontario  Bible  College  is  80  years  old  and  still  going  strong.  Praying,  planning,  preparing 
to  fill  out  1 00  years  (if  the  Lord  tarry),  and  beyond  if  He  wills  it. 

Life  gets  better,  richer,  fuller  and  sweeter  as  the  years  go  by.  And  the  prospect  opening  to 
the  Christian's  view — how  glorious! 

SOME  THINGS  don't  improve  with  age. 
Eggs  or  apples  spoil  easily  and  early.  They  are  best  eaten  when  fresh.  So  are  meat  and 
milk  and  most  foods. 

Character  and  personality  do  not  improve  with  age.  They  are  formed  early  in  life,  and  by 
prayer  and  the  grace  of  God,  can  be  carried  on  "even  unto  old  age"  (Psalm  92:14,  Isa. 
46:4). 

WILLS  DRAFTED  A  FEW  YEARS  AGO  CAN  BE  OUTDATED  AND  SPOILED  AS  TIME 
GOES  ON  AND  CIRCUMSTANCES  CHANGE.  Yet  few  people  seem  to  consider  updating 
and  renewing  this  phase  of  stewardship.  We  hear  so  often  of  people  dying  intestate  or  with 
an  improperly  drawn  will. 

The  O.B.C.  Stewardship  Department  provides  counsel  and,  when 
needed,  legal  advice  for  Christian  friends  who  need  such  help.  This 
is  done  without  cost  or  obligation. 

Write  for  these  booklets,  and  then  if  we  can  help,  please  contact  us. 
We  are  "your  servants  for  Jesus'  sake."  And  that  service  and 
fellowship  will  never  grow  old,  but  improves  with  the  years! 


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Mr.  M.  L.  Steinmann 

Executive  Director  of  Stewardship 

Ontario  Bible  College 

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Toronto,  Ontario  M5R  2S8 

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D  GIVING  THROUGH  YOUR  WILL 
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